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Oracle Linux 9 — postfix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — postfix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-9243)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 July 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-9243 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-51764 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — cacti — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — cacti — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — 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-2014-2328 CVE-2014-2709 CVE-2016-3659 CVE-2017-12065 CVE-2014-4000 CVE-2020-7237 CVE-2020-8813 CVE-2020-35701  +12 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged cacti<0.8.8c for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2328 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — libxml2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — libxml2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-4349)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 July 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-4349 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-29469 CVE-2023-28484 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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Alpine Linux 3.18 — dotnet7-runtime — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — dotnet7-runtime — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 7.0.9-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — dotnet7-runtime 7.0.9-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-33127 CVE-2023-33170 CVE-2023-24895 CVE-2023-24897 CVE-2023-24936 CVE-2023-29331 CVE-2023-29337 CVE-2023-32032  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships dotnet7-runtime 7.0.9-r0 which […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — apr — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — apr — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.7.5-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — apr 1.7.5-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49582 CVE-2022-24963 CVE-2022-25147 CVE-2022-28331 CVE-2021-35940 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.18 ships apr 1.7.5-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-49582. Table of contents […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — skopeo — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — skopeo — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2024-2549)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 July 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-2549 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-28180 CVE-2024-24786 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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AlmaLinux 8 — protobuf-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — protobuf-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2023:6944 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-48468 Upstream summary: The protobuf-c packages provide C bindings for Google's Protocol Buffers. Security Fix(es): * protobuf-c: unsigned integer overflow in parse_required_member (CVE-2022-48468) For more details about the security […]

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How to Set Up MySQL with SSL on Oracle Linux 9 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up MySQL with SSL on Oracle Linux 9

Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to Set Up MySQL with SSL on Oracle Linux 9 on Oracle Linux 9. It is written for administrators who want a repeatable, well-explained walkthrough that goes beyond a bare command list and explains each configuration choice. Every command is tested against a freshly registered Oracle Linux 9 system with […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2023-29260 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2023-29260 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 7 July 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2023-29260, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2023-29260 NVD summary: IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX 1.5 is vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF). This may allow an authenticated attacker to send unauthorized requests from […]

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

Debian 12 — libmatroska — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8792 Upstream summary: The KaxInternalBlock::ReadData function in libMatroska before 1.4.4 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via crafted EBML lacing, which triggers an […]

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