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How to Set Up Suricata IDS/IPS on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Suricata IDS/IPS on Debian 12

Introduction Deploying set up suricata ids/ips on debian 12 on a Debian 12 Bookworm machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Before you […]

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Alpine Linux edge — perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.66-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel 0.66-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-7101 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel 0.66-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-7101. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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FreeBSD 12 — binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: binutils — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3487 CVE-2023-1972 CVE-2023-25585 CVE-2023-25586 CVE-2023-25588 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports PR/281070: A new version of devel/binutils has been released fixing CVE-2023-1972, CVE-2023-25585, CVE-2023-25586, and CVE-2023-25588. […]

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Debian 12 — node-undici — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — node-undici — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31150 CVE-2022-31151 CVE-2022-32210 CVE-2022-35948 CVE-2022-35949 CVE-2023-23936 CVE-2023-24807 CVE-2023-45143  +8 more Upstream summary: undici is an HTTP/1.1 client, written from scratch for Node.js. It is possible to inject CRLF […]

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Alpine Linux edge — w3m — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — w3m — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — w3m 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-38252 CVE-2023-38253 CVE-2022-38223 CVE-2018-6196 CVE-2018-6197 CVE-2018-6198 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships w3m 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-38252. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — accountsservice — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — accountsservice — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6190-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3297 CVE-2018-14036 CVE-2020-16126 Upstream summary: USN-6190-1 fixed a vulnerability in AccountsService. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-CairoSVG — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-CairoSVG — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2023:0260-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-27586 CVE-2021-21236 Upstream summary: CairoSVG is an SVG converter based on Cairo, a 2D graphics library. Prior to version 2.7.0, Cairo can send requests to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — civicrm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — civicrm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8242-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28447 Upstream summary: Takuya Aramaki discovered that Smarty, vendored in CiviCRM, did not properly escape JavaScript code. An attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct a […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — mpg321 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — mpg321 — 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 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14247 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged mpg321<0.2.10nb3 for vulnerability class 'remote-user-shell'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0969 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — perl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — perl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6112-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-31484 CVE-2020-16156 CVE-2020-10543 CVE-2020-10878 CVE-2020-12723 CVE-2018-18311 CVE-2018-18312 CVE-2018-18313  +2 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Perl was not properly verifying TLS certificates when using CPAN together […]

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