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openSUSE Tumbleweed — scummvm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — scummvm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17528 Upstream summary: backends/platform/sdl/posix/posix.cpp in ScummVM 1.9.0 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Apache fails to start due to port 80 conflict

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 September 2019 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Configure System Logging with rsyslog on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure System Logging with rsyslog on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure System Logging with rsyslog on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-rest-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-rest-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rest-client — plaintext password disclosure Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1820 CVE-2015-3448 Upstream summary: The open sourced vulnerability database reports: REST Client for Ruby contains a flaw that is due to the application […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.2-rubygem-nokogiri — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.2-rubygem-nokogiri — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2025:14697-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2877 CVE-2015-8241 CVE-2015-8317 Upstream summary: parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.0, as used in Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — xapian-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — xapian-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3709-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-0499 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Xapian-core incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — cflow — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — cflow — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5375-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16165 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNU cflow was incorrectly handling memory cleanup operations at the end of a compilation module. An attacker could possibly use […]

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How to Set Up a PKI Infrastructure with AD CS on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a PKI Infrastructure with AD CS on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Active Directory Certificate Services A Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) built on Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) on Windows Server 2019 provides the foundation for internal certificate management: TLS/SSL certificates for web servers and services, smart card authentication, encrypted email (S/MIME), code signing, and encrypted file systems (EFS). A proper enterprise PKI uses […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — usbguard — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — usbguard — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25058 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in USBGuard before 1.1.0. On systems with the usbguard-dbus daemon running, an unprivileged user could make USBGuard allow […]

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SLES 15 — libmarkdown2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libmarkdown2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:0019-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11468 CVE-2018-12495 Upstream summary: The __mkd_trim_line function in mkdio.c in libmarkdown.a in DISCOUNT 2.2.3a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer […]

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