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FreeBSD 13 — tarsnap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — tarsnap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tarsnap — buffer overflow and local DoS Upstream summary: Colin Percival reports: 1. SECURITY FIX: When constructing paths of objects being archived, a buffer could overflow by one byte upon […]

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SLES 15 — libnettle6 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libnettle6 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 December 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2021:254-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3580 CVE-2021-20305 CVE-2015-8803 CVE-2015-8804 CVE-2015-8805 CVE-2016-6489 CVE-2018-16869 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext. An […]

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How to Set Up Port Knocking on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Port Knocking on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying set up port knocking on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — mailman — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — mailman — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4916 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44227 CVE-2021-42096 CVE-2021-42097 Upstream summary: Mailman is a program used to help manage e-mail discussion lists. Security Fix(es): * mailman: CSRF token bypass allows to perform CSRF attacks and […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — postgresql:13 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — postgresql:13 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-2375)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 December 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-2375 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32027 CVE-2021-32029 CVE-2021-32028 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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FreeBSD 13 — openssl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — openssl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OpenSSL — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0079 CVE-2005-2969 CVE-2006-2937 CVE-2006-2938 CVE-2006-2940 CVE-2006-3738 CVE-2006-4339 CVE-2006-4343  +12 more Upstream summary: The OpenSSL project reports: Seven vulnerabilities in OpenSSL library. Highest classification Moderate. […]

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FreeBSD 13 — chromium-pulse — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — chromium-pulse — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: chromium — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0574 CVE-2014-7899 CVE-2014-7900 CVE-2014-7901 CVE-2014-7902 CVE-2014-7903 CVE-2014-7904 CVE-2014-7905  +12 more Upstream summary: Google Chrome releases reports: 40 security fixes in this release Please reference […]

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Arch Linux — grafana — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — grafana — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202112-11 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43815 CVE-2021-43813 CVE-2021-43798 CVE-2018-19039 CVE-2021-41244 CVE-2021-41174 CVE-2019-15043 Upstream summary: Type: directory traversal. Status: Fixed. Affected: 8.3.0-1. Fixed in: 8.3.1-1. Group: AVG-2609. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — dnf — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — dnf — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2021-4464)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 December 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4464 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3445 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Common Problems 117465

Wi-Fi Adapter Missing After Reboot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 December 2021 Affected versions: 20.04 📖 ~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 […]

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