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FreeBSD 13 — php56-odbc — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php56-odbc — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-5385 CVE-2016-5399 CVE-2016-6288 CVE-2016-6289 CVE-2016-6290 CVE-2016-6291 CVE-2016-6292  +4 more Upstream summary: PHP reports: Fixed bug #69975 (PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columns) […]

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How to Use Makefile for Build Automation on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Makefile for Build Automation on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Use Makefile for Build Automation on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for […]

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Arch Linux — gupnp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gupnp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202105-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33516 Upstream summary: Type: information disclosure. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.4-1. Fixed in: 1.2.6-1. Group: AVG-1985. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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FreeBSD 13 — librsvg — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — librsvg — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: librsvg2 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7557 CVE-2015-7558 CVE-2019-20446 Upstream summary: Librsvg2 developers reports: Backport the following fixes from 2.46.x: Librsvg now has limits on the number of loaded XML […]

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SLES 12 — suse-hpc — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — suse-hpc — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 June 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17233 CVE-2018-17234 CVE-2018-17237 CVE-2020-10809 CVE-2017-17509 CVE-2018-13869 CVE-2018-13870 CVE-2018-17432  +12 more Upstream summary: A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.c in the […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — virt:ol and virt-devel:rhel security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — virt:ol and virt-devel:rhel security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2023-2757)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2757 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46790 CVE-2022-30784 CVE-2022-30786 CVE-2022-30788 CVE-2022-30789 CVE-2022-3165 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Common Problems 117454

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Repository Does Not Have a Release File

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 2021 📖 ~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 References & Further […]

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Common Problems 115580

Samba Share Access Denied for Valid Users

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 2021 📖 ~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 References & Further […]

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

How to Install Perl on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Perl 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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