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SLES 12 — traceroute — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — traceroute — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 June 2023 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2023:3924-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-46316 Upstream summary: In buc Traceroute 2.0.12 through 2.1.2 before 2.1.3, the wrapper scripts do not properly parse command lines. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — protobuf-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — protobuf-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-6621)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 June 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-6621 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-48468 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 — vlc — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — vlc — 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-2007-6681 CVE-2007-6682 CVE-2006-4484 CVE-2008-0225 CVE-2008-0073 CVE-2008-1686 CVE-2008-2430 CVE-2008-3732  +12 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged vlc<0.8.6a for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

NetBSD 9.4 — minicom — 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-2017-7467 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged minicom<2.7.1 for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-7467 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-12858)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 June 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-12858 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-20588 CVE-2023-22024 CVE-2023-42753 CVE-2023-6546 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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

Alpine Linux 3.18 — jupyter-notebook — 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 6.4.12-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — jupyter-notebook 6.4.12-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29238 CVE-2022-24758 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships jupyter-notebook 6.4.12-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-29238. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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How to Configure PHP-FPM with Nginx on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PHP-FPM with Nginx on RHEL 8

PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is the recommended interface between Nginx and PHP on RHEL 8, replacing the older mod_php approach with a more flexible and performant process pool model. Rather than embedding PHP inside the web server, PHP-FPM runs as a separate systemd-managed service that Nginx communicates with over a Unix socket, isolating the two […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — ipmitool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — ipmitool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.8.18-r9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ipmitool 1.8.18-r9 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5208 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships ipmitool 1.8.18-r9 which addresses CVE-2020-5208. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — dhcp security and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — dhcp security and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-8385)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 June 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-8385 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-25220 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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