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Ubuntu 20.04 — libgit2 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libgit2 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 October 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6678-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12278 CVE-2020-12279 CVE-2023-22742 CVE-2024-24575 CVE-2024-24577 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libgit2 mishandled equivalent filenames on NTFS partitions. If a user or automated system were tricked into […]

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FreeBSD 14 — qt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

FreeBSD 14 — qt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kdelibs — integer overflow in khtml Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0691 CVE-2004-0692 CVE-2004-0693 CVE-2006-4811 Upstream summary: Red Hat reports: An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Qt handled pixmap images. […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — wget — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — wget — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3490 CVE-2010-2252 CVE-2014-4877 CVE-2016-4971 CVE-2016-7098 CVE-2017-6508 CVE-2017-13089 CVE-2017-13090  +5 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged wget<1.8.2 for vulnerability class 'local-file-write'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1344 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Set Up DRBD on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up DRBD on FreeBSD 14

Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up drbd on freebsd 14 on FreeBSD 14 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux distribution. […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — p5-CPAN-Checksums — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — p5-CPAN-Checksums — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16155 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged p5-CPAN-Checksums-[0-9]* for vulnerability class 'incorrect-signature-verification'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16155 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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FreeBSD 12 — cups-filters — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — cups-filters — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 October 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cups-filters — remote code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3258 CVE-2015-3279 CVE-2015-8327 CVE-2015-8560 CVE-2024-47076 CVE-2024-47175 CVE-2024-47176 Upstream summary: OpenPrinting reports: Due to the service binding to *:631 ( INADDR_ANY ), multiple bugs […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — oracle — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — oracle — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged oracle-{jdk,jre}-[0-9]* for vulnerability class 'multiple-vulnerabilities'. Reference: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html#AppendixJAVA Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py310-configobj — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py310-configobj — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 October 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Configobj — Regular Expression Denial of Service attack Related CVEs: CVE-2023-26112 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) […]

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FreeBSD 14 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_deflate+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_deflate+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 October 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — Prevent chunk-size integer overflow on platforms where sizeof(int) < sizeof(long) Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 Upstream summary: Apache ChangeLog reports: Integer overflow in the ap_proxy_send_fb function in proxy/proxy_util.c […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — mozilla-gtk2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — mozilla-gtk2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged mozilla-gtk2<1.7.3 for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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