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FreeBSD 12 — postgresql12-plperl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — postgresql12-plperl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2025 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PostgreSQL — PL/Perl environment variable changes execute arbitrary code Related CVEs: CVE-2024-10979 Upstream summary: PostgreSQL project reports: Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user […]

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FreeBSD 14 — wv — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — wv — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2025 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wv — Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-2197 CVE-2006-4513 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in wvWare, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — libcurand-12-8 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — libcurand-12-8 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023NVIDIA-2025-042 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-53870 CVE-2024-53871 CVE-2024-53875 Upstream summary: NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the cuobjdump binary, where a user could cause an out-of-bounds read by […]

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Debian 11 — org-mode — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — org-mode — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 January 2025 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28617 CVE-2024-30203 CVE-2024-30204 CVE-2024-30205 CVE-2024-39331 Upstream summary: org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el in Org Mode through 9.6.1 for GNU Emacs allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a file name […]

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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for SSH on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure iptables Firewall Rules on Ubuntu 24.04

iptables is the classic Linux firewall utility that provides fine-grained packet filtering and NAT. While Ubuntu uses UFW as a front-end by default, understanding iptables rules is essential for advanced network control on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges Basic understanding […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — aom — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — aom — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6815-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5171 Upstream summary: Xiantong Hou discovered that AOM did not properly handle certain malformed media files. If an application using AOM opened a specially crafted file, a […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — uwsgi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — uwsgi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 2.0.16-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — uwsgi 2.0.16-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6758 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.20 ships uwsgi 2.0.16-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-6758. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python3:3.6.8 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python3:3.6.8 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-10779)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 January 2025 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-10779 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-11168 CVE-2024-9287 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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SLES 12 — orc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — orc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 January 2025 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory RHSA-2024:6184 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-40897 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in orcparse.c of ORC versions prior to 0.4.39. If a developer is tricked to process a specially […]

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Windows Server 2016 — KB5044293 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 — KB5044293 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5044293 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2024-38261 CVE-2024-43506 CVE-2024-43513 CVE-2024-43515 CVE-2024-43518 CVE-2024-43519 CVE-2024-43532 CVE-2024-43534  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Windows Server 2016 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 […]

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