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FreeBSD 12 — apache-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache OpenOffice — master password vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3575 CVE-2015-1774 CVE-2015-4551 CVE-2015-5212 CVE-2015-5213 CVE-2015-5214 CVE-2016-1513 CVE-2017-12607  +11 more Upstream summary: The Apache Openoffice project reports: Apache OpenOffice supports the storage […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-c7-openssl-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c7-openssl-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OpenSSL — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7055 CVE-2016-8610 CVE-2017-3730 CVE-2017-3731 CVE-2017-3732 Upstream summary: The OpenSSL project reports: Truncated packet could crash via OOB read (CVE-2017-3731) Bad (EC)DHE parameters cause a […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-analyzer/arpwatch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-analyzer/arpwatch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202007-25 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Gentoo’s arpwatch ebuild made excessive permission operations on its data directories, possibly changing ownership of unintended files. This only affects OpenRC systems, as the flaw […]

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How to Install and Configure cAdvisor for Container Monitoring on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure cAdvisor for Container Monitoring on RHEL 8

cAdvisor (Container Advisor) is an open-source daemon from Google that collects, aggregates, and exports real-time resource usage and performance metrics for every running container on a host. Unlike Node Exporter, which reports host-level statistics, cAdvisor descends into cgroup hierarchies to expose per-container CPU, memory, network, and filesystem metrics in Prometheus format. On RHEL 8 with […]

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SLES 15 — libXinerama1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libXinerama1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1985 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in X.org libXinerama 1.1.2 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via […]

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SLES 15 — libSoundTouch0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libSoundTouch0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:3068-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000223 CVE-2018-17096 CVE-2018-17097 CVE-2018-17098 Upstream summary: soundtouch version up to and including 2.0.0 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() that can result in arbitrary […]

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Windows Server 2016 — Cluster-Aware Updating Run Fails Mid-Wave During Cumulative Patch — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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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How to Configure OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2016

Introduction OpenSSH Server is available for Windows Server 2016 as an optional Windows feature (from Windows 10 1809 / Server 2019 onward it is built-in; for Server 2016 it is installed as a standalone package). Installing OpenSSH on Windows Server 2016 enables SSH-based remote access — the same client tools used on Linux — giving […]

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How to Install Icinga2 on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Icinga2 on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Icinga2 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: zypper refresh && […]

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