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Alpine Linux edge — libksba — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — libksba — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.6.3-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libksba 1.6.3-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-47629 CVE-2022-3515 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships libksba 1.6.3-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-47629. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Debian 11 — opendkim — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — opendkim — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35766 CVE-2022-48521 Upstream summary: The test suite in libopendkim in OpenDKIM through 2.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack against the /tmp/testkeys file (related […]

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Debian 11 — smarty3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — smarty3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-5052 CVE-2009-5053 CVE-2009-5054 CVE-2010-4722 CVE-2010-4723 CVE-2010-4724 CVE-2010-4725 CVE-2010-4726  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Smarty before 3.0.0 beta 6 have unknown impact and attack vectors. Table […]

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Debian 11 — golang-github-blevesearch-bleve — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — golang-github-blevesearch-bleve — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31022 Upstream summary: Bleve is a text indexing library for go. Bleve includes HTTP utilities under bleve/http package, that are used by its sample application. These HTTP methods […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — rar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — rar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7349-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-30333 CVE-2023-40477 Upstream summary: It was discovered that RAR incorrectly handled certain paths. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted RAR […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — re2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — re2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-2344 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23901 Upstream summary: A stack overflow re2c 2.2 exists due to infinite recursion issues in src/dfa/dead_rules.cc. (CVE-2022-23901) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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How to Set Up Duplicity Backup on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Duplicity Backup on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying set up duplicity backup on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch 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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Windows Server 2022 — KB5027282 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 — KB5027282 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5027282 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-29363 CVE-2023-32014 CVE-2023-32015 CVE-2023-29346 CVE-2023-29351 CVE-2023-29355 CVE-2023-29358 CVE-2023-29359  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2022 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — rsyslog — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — rsyslog — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5404-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24903 CVE-2018-16881 CVE-2019-17041 CVE-2019-17042 Upstream summary: USN-5404-1 addressed a vulnerability in Rsyslog. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Pieter Agten […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — nautilus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5786-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-37290 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNOME Files incorrectly handled certain filenames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNOME Files to crash, leading […]

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