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Ubuntu 14.04 — nano — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — nano — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 July 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7064-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5742 Upstream summary: USN-7064-1 fixed a vulnerability in nano. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that nano […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — mame — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — mame — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 July 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7913-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-34300 CVE-2018-16981 CVE-2021-46143 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the stb library, included in MAME, had a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — pacman — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — pacman — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 5.2.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — pacman 5.2.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18183 CVE-2019-18182 CVE-2019-9686 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships pacman 5.2.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-18183. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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FreeBSD 14 — mariadb100-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — mariadb100-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 26 July 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MySQL — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3194 CVE-2015-4792 CVE-2015-4802 CVE-2015-4807 CVE-2015-4815 CVE-2015-4826 CVE-2015-4830 CVE-2015-4836  +12 more Upstream summary: Oracle reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Not all listed CVE's […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — libmfx — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — libmfx — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:3198-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-45221 CVE-2023-48368 CVE-2023-22656 CVE-2023-47169 CVE-2023-47282 Upstream summary: Improper buffer restrictions in Intel(R) Media SDK all versions may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable […]

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How to Set Up Uptime Kuma on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Uptime Kuma on FreeBSD 14

Introduction Deploying set up uptime kuma 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 the standard […]

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VMware ESXi 6.7 — vmx — multiple ESXi vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — VIB / vLCM patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on VMware ESXi 6.7

VMware ESXi 6.7 — vmx — multiple ESXi vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — VIB / vLCM patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 30–120 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: VMware ESXi 6.7 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: VMware advisory VMSA-2024-0006 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-22252 CVE-2024-22253 CVE-2024-22254 CVE-2024-22255 CVE-2022-31705 Fixed image profile / build: ESXi80U2sb-23305546 Upstream summary: Use-after-free and out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in the XHCI USB controller (CVE-2024-22252 / CVE-2024-22253) allow a […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — thunderbird17 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — thunderbird17 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged thunderbird17-[0-9]* for vulnerability class 'eol'. Reference: https://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/vulns/eol-packages Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — ruby-actionpack60 — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — ruby-actionpack60 — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8164 CVE-2020-8162 CVE-2020-8166 CVE-2020-8264 CVE-2021-22881 CVE-2021-44528 CVE-2022-22577 CVE-2023-28362  +6 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged ruby{22,24,25,26,27}-actionpack60<6.0.3.1 for vulnerability class 'information-leak'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8164 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

FreeBSD 14 — foomatic-filters — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cups-filters — code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8327 CVE-2015-8560 Upstream summary: Till Kamppeter reports: Cups Filters/Foomatic Filters does not consider semicolon as an illegal escape character. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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