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Ubuntu 16.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • August 22, 2022
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 August 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5673-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4217 CVE-2022-0529 CVE-2022-0530 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1957077 CVE-2014-9913 CVE-2016-9844 CVE-2018-1000035 CVE-2018-18384  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — trace-cmd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — trace-cmd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • August 22, 2022
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:1999 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Configure Snort Network Intrusion Detection on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Snort Network Intrusion Detection on Debian 11

  • August 22, 2022
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Introduction Debian 11 Bullseye is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up configure snort network intrusion detection on debian 11 on Bullseye leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Bullseye freeze. Follow each step carefully […]

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SLES 12 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • August 22, 2022
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 August 2022 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-IU-2022:1047-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29869 CVE-2022-27239 CVE-2020-14342 CVE-2021-20208 CVE-2012-1586 Upstream summary: cifs-utils through 6.14, with verbose logging, can cause an information leak when a file contains = (equal sign) […]

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SLES 15 — libaudiofile1 — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libaudiofile1 — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • August 22, 2022
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 August 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:0940-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7747 CVE-2018-17095 CVE-2019-13147 CVE-2022-24599 CVE-2017-6827 CVE-2017-6828 CVE-2017-6829 CVE-2017-6830  +10 more Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — libreoffice — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — libreoffice — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-0304)

  • August 22, 2022
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 August 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-0304 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-3140 CVE-2022-26307 CVE-2022-26305 CVE-2022-26306 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 9

  • August 22, 2022
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Vagrant is a command-line tool for creating and managing reproducible local development environments backed by virtual machines. Combined with VirtualBox as a hypervisor, it lets developers spin up a fresh Linux VM with a single command, configure it through a version-controlled Vagrantfile, and destroy it just as easily. This eliminates the “works on my machine” […]

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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0041 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0041 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 21 August 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0041, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0041 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in NLS (Natural Language Service). References: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE   exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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FreeBSD 13 — apache+ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — apache+ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • August 21, 2022
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 August 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache 1.3 — mod_proxy reverse proxy exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0993 CVE-2004-0940 CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 CVE-2011-3368 Upstream summary: Apache HTTP server project reports: An exposure was found when using mod_proxy in […]

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