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FreeBSD 13 — linux-c6-expat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-c6-expat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 October 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: expat — denial of service vulnerability on malformed input Related CVEs: CVE-2016-0718 Upstream summary: Gustavo Grieco reports: The Expat XML parser mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents, resulting in […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py39-pygments — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py39-pygments — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 October 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-pygments — multiple DoS vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20270 CVE-2021-27291 Upstream summary: Red Hat reports: An infinite loop in SMLLexer in Pygments versions 1.5 to 2.7.3 may lead to denial of […]

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How to Configure Process Resource Manager on IBM AIX 7.3 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.3 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Process Resource Manager on IBM AIX 7.3

Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure process resource manager on IBM AIX 7.3 with […]

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FreeBSD 13 — quake2lnx — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — quake2lnx — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 October 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: quake2 — multiple critical vulnerabilities Upstream summary: An advisory published by Richard Stanway describes numerous critical vulnerabilities in the Quake II engine: Due to unchecked input at various stages in […]

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FreeBSD 13 — nap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — nap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 October 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nap allows arbitrary file access Upstream summary: According to the author: Fixed security loophole which allowed remote clients to access arbitrary files on our system. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Debian 11 — node-trim-newlines — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — node-trim-newlines — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33623 Upstream summary: The trim-newlines package before 3.0.1 and 4.x before 4.0.1 for Node.js has an issue related to regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) for the .end() method. Table […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py32-django — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py32-django — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 October 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: django — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0472 CVE-2014-0473 CVE-2014-0474 CVE-2014-0480 CVE-2014-0481 CVE-2014-0482 CVE-2014-0483 CVE-2015-0219  +12 more Upstream summary: Tim Graham reports: Malicious redirect and possible XSS attack via user-supplied redirect […]

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Debian 11 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000140 Upstream summary: rsyslog librelp version 1.2.14 and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the checking of x509 certificates from a peer that can result in Remote […]

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Debian 11 — scilab — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — scilab — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4983 CVE-2010-3378 CVE-2019-20005 CVE-2019-20006 CVE-2019-20007 CVE-2019-20198 CVE-2019-20199 CVE-2019-20200  +11 more Upstream summary: scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, […]

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