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Debian 12 — ddskk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — ddskk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0539 Upstream summary: skk (Simple Kana to Kanji conversion program) 12.1 and earlier, and the ddskk package which is based on skk, creates temporary files insecurely, which allows […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — avr-binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — avr-binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8501 CVE-2017-7300 CVE-2017-14333 CVE-2017-14529 CVE-2014-8502 CVE-2014-8503 CVE-2017-7299 CVE-2017-7301  +10 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged avr-binutils<2.25 for vulnerability class 'out-of-bounds-write'. Reference: http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2014-8501/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Windows Server 2019 — KB5034184 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 — KB5034184 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5034184 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2024-20674 CVE-2024-20654 CVE-2024-20657 CVE-2024-20658 CVE-2024-20680 CVE-2024-20682 CVE-2024-20683 CVE-2024-20691  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — nano — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 October 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7064-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5742 Upstream summary: It was discovered that nano allowed a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If nano was killed while editing, the permissions granted […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — libreoffice-bin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — libreoffice-bin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged libreoffice-bin<5.1.4 for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2016-4324/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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SLES 15 — kubernetes1.23-client — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — kubernetes1.23-client — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 October 2024 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:2292-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-25749 CVE-2021-25743 CVE-2024-3177 CVE-2024-0793 CVE-2022-3162 CVE-2022-3294 CVE-2023-2431 Upstream summary: Windows workloads can run as ContainerAdministrator even when those workloads set the runAsNonRoot option to true. […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — taglib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — taglib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.11.1-r2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — taglib 1.11.1-r2 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12678 CVE-2018-11439 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships taglib 1.11.1-r2 which addresses CVE-2017-12678. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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SLES 15 — protobuf-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — protobuf-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 October 2024 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:3745-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-7254 Upstream summary: Any project that parses untrusted Protocol Buffers data containing an arbitrary number of nested groups / series of SGROUP tags can corrupted […]

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Windows Server 2016 — KB5046617 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 — KB5046617 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5046617 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2024-43639 CVE-2024-43623 CVE-2024-43626 CVE-2024-43627 CVE-2024-43628 CVE-2024-43634 CVE-2024-43637 CVE-2024-43638  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Windows Server 2016 Table of contents Symptom […]

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How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on FreeBSD 14

Introduction Deploying configure nginx as a reverse proxy on freebsd 14 on a FreeBSD 14 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 […]

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