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FreeBSD 12 — mupdf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mupdf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mupdf — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6265 CVE-2016-6525 Upstream summary: Tobias Kortkamp reports: Heap-based buffer overflow in the pdf_load_mesh_params function in pdf/pdf-shade.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a […]

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How to Configure an SMTP Server on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure an SMTP Server on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 SMTP Server An SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server on Windows Server 2016 allows the server to send outbound email messages — for example, for application alerts, scheduled task notifications, or as a relay for internal applications. Windows Server 2016 includes an SMTP Server feature that can be configured […]

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FreeBSD 12 — popfile — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — popfile — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: popfile file disclosure Upstream summary: John Graham-Cumming reports that certain configurations of POPFile may allow the retrieval of any files with the extensions .gif, .png, .ico, .css, as well as […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — ec2-hibinit-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ec2-hibinit-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6519-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1941785 Upstream summary: The EC2 hibagent package has been updated to add IMDSv2 support, as IMDSv1 uses an insecure protocol and is no longer recommended. Table of […]

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FreeBSD 12 — squid — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — squid — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: squid — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-1999-0710 CVE-2004-0189 CVE-2004-0541 CVE-2004-0832 CVE-2004-0918 CVE-2005-0094 CVE-2005-0095 CVE-2005-0096  +12 more Upstream summary: The squid-cache project reports: Denial of Service in FTP Request/Response smuggling in […]

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Arch Linux — bchunk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — bchunk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201803-24 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15955 CVE-2017-15954 CVE-2017-15953 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.0-4. Fixed in: 1.2.2-4. Group: AVG-475. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Common Problems 121031

Network Interface Name Changed Unexpectedly

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — emil — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — emil — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Buffer overflows and format string bugs in Emil Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0152 CVE-2004-0153 Upstream summary: Ulf Härnhammar reports multiple buffer overflows in Emil, some of which are triggered during the parsing […]

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How to Install Lighttpd on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Lighttpd on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Lighttpd on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper refresh && […]

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FreeBSD 12 — qt4-xml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — qt4-xml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qt4-xml — XML Entity Expansion Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4549 Upstream summary: Richard J. Moore reports: QXmlSimpleReader in Qt versions prior to 5.2 supports expansion of internal entities in […]

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