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Debian 11 — gnuchess — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gnuchess — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8972 CVE-2019-15767 CVE-2021-30184 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc in GNU Chess (aka gnuchess) before 6.2.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary […]

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How to Configure NTP Time Synchronization on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure NTP Time Synchronization on FreeBSD 13

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure NTP Time Synchronization on FreeBSD 13 on FreeBSD 13. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for fine-grained […]

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Debian 11 — libksba — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libksba — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5111 CVE-2014-9087 CVE-2016-4353 CVE-2016-4354 CVE-2016-4355 CVE-2016-4356 CVE-2016-4574 CVE-2016-4579  +2 more Upstream summary: The libksba library 0.9.12 and possibly other versions, as used by gpgsm in the newpg package […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — libmemcached — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libmemcached — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:1794 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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Debian 11 — heimdal — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — heimdal — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1225 CVE-2002-1226 CVE-2002-1235 CVE-2003-0138 CVE-2004-0371 CVE-2004-0434 CVE-2005-0469 CVE-2005-2040  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple buffer overflows in Heimdal before 0.5, possibly in both the (1) kadmind and (2) kdc […]

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Debian 10 — krb5 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — krb5 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28196 CVE-2021-36222 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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Gentoo Linux — app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202208-36 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-2145 CVE-2021-2250 CVE-2021-2264 CVE-2021-2266 CVE-2021-2279 CVE-2021-2280 CVE-2021-2281 CVE-2021-2282  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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How to Configure Prometheus Node Exporter on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Prometheus Node Exporter on RHEL 8

Prometheus Node Exporter is a lightweight agent that exposes dozens of hardware and operating-system metrics — CPU usage, memory pressure, disk I/O, network throughput, and more — via a plain HTTP endpoint that Prometheus can scrape. Installing it on every RHEL 8 host in your fleet gives you a uniform, low-overhead telemetry layer that feeds […]

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