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Alpine Linux 3.20 — keepalived — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — keepalived — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 2.2.7-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — keepalived 2.2.7-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44225 CVE-2018-19044 CVE-2018-19045 CVE-2018-19046 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.20 ships keepalived 2.2.7-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-44225. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Debian 12 — vtk9 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — vtk9 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 October 2025 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42521 CVE-2025-57106 CVE-2025-57107 CVE-2025-57108 CVE-2025-57109 Upstream summary: There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in VTK before 9.2.5, and it lies in IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx. The vendor didn't check the […]

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How to Schedule Backups with borgbackup on Debian 13 — step-by-step Debian 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Schedule Backups with borgbackup on Debian 13

Introduction Debian 13 Trixie is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up schedule backups with borgbackup on Trixie leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Trixie freeze. Follow each step carefully and the resulting configuration […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — grub — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — grub — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 2.06-r13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — grub 2.06-r13 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3697 CVE-2021-3418 CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309 CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-14372  +9 more Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.20 ships grub 2.06-r13 which […]

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Debian 13 — ledger — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — ledger — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 October 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12481 CVE-2017-12482 CVE-2017-2807 CVE-2017-2808 Upstream summary: The find_option function in option.cc in Ledger 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application […]

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Debian 13 — acl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — acl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4411 Upstream summary: The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the –physical (aka […]

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — net-snmp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — net-snmp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Red Hat advisory RHSA RHSA-2026:0810 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-68615 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS – kernel update results in boot failure – Fix & Prevention

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 October 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 📖 ~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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Debian 13 — libtoxcore — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — libtoxcore — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 October 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25021 CVE-2018-25022 CVE-2021-44847 Upstream summary: The TCP Server module in toxcore before 0.2.8 doesn't free the TCP priority queue under certain conditions, which allows a remote attacker to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — python-setuptools — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — python-setuptools — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 October 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7544-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-47273 CVE-2024-6345 CVE-2022-40897 Upstream summary: It was discovered that setuptools did not properly sanitize paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files to arbitrary […]

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