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Windows Server 2016 — KB5031364 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 — KB5031364 — 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 KB5031364 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-35349 CVE-2023-41765 CVE-2023-41770 CVE-2023-41768 CVE-2023-41767 CVE-2023-41771 CVE-2023-41769 CVE-2023-41773  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Table of contents Symptom […]

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How to Configure the System Timezone on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure the System Timezone on FreeBSD 14

Introduction Deploying configure the system timezone 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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How to Configure Bacula Backup on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Bacula Backup on FreeBSD 14

Introduction How to Configure Bacula Backup on FreeBSD 14 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 14 server operator. FreeBSD 14 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 packet filtering, […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — libldb — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — libldb — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2023-187 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-0614 CVE-2022-32746 Upstream summary: Access controlled AD LDAP attributes can be discovered (CVE-2023-0614) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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How to Configure Kubernetes RBAC on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Kubernetes RBAC on FreeBSD 14

Introduction How to Configure Kubernetes RBAC on FreeBSD 14 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 14 server operator. FreeBSD 14 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 packet filtering, […]

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FreeBSD 14 — crispy-doom — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — crispy-doom — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 November 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: chocolate-doom — Arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14983 Upstream summary: Michal Dardas from LogicalTrust reports: The server in Chocolate Doom 3.0.0 and Crispy Doom 5.8.0 doesn't validate the user-controlled num_players […]

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How to Install and Use tmux on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Use tmux on FreeBSD 14

Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install and use tmux on freebsd 14 on FreeBSD 14 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — ruby-rack-protection — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — ruby-rack-protection — vulnerability — 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-2018-1000119 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged ruby{22,23,24,25}-rack-protection<2.0.0 for vulnerability class 'timing-attack'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000119 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — horde-3.[0-9]* — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — horde — vulnerability — 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 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged horde 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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FreeBSD 14 — py34-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py34-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 November 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-cryptography — tag forgery vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9243 CVE-2018-10903 Upstream summary: The Python Cryptographic Authority (PyCA) project reports: finalize_with_tag() allowed tag truncation by default which can allow tag forgery in […]

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