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FreeBSD 13 — busybox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — busybox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: LZO — potential buffer overrun when processing malicious input data Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4608 Upstream summary: Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer reports, in the package's NEWS file: Fixed a potential integer […]

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FreeBSD 13 — openjdk7-jre — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — openjdk7-jre — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: java — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4734 CVE-2015-4803 CVE-2015-4805 CVE-2015-4806 CVE-2015-4810 CVE-2015-4835 CVE-2015-4840 CVE-2015-4842  +12 more Upstream summary: Oracle reports: This Critical Patch Update contains 25 new security fixes for […]

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How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — ca-certificates — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — ca-certificates — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:3573 Upstream summary: The ca-certificates package contains a set of Certificate Authority (CA) certificates chosen by the Mozilla Foundation for use with the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): […]

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

Debian 11 — tripwire — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0536 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in Tripwire commercial 4.0.1 and earlier, including 2.4, and open source 2.3.1 and earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via format […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1767 CVE-2008-2935 CVE-2011-1202 CVE-2011-3970 CVE-2012-2825 CVE-2012-2870 CVE-2012-2871 CVE-2012-2893  +12 more Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in pattern.c in libxslt before 1.1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libphp-phpmailer — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libphp-phpmailer — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5956-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11503 CVE-2016-10033 CVE-2016-10045 CVE-2017-5223 CVE-2018-19296 CVE-2020-13625 CVE-2021-3603 Upstream summary: USN-5956-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHPMailer. It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2017-11503 was incomplete. This update fixes […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — tbb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — tbb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 May 2022 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2025:1210 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11023 Upstream summary: Threading Building Blocks (TBB) is a C++ runtime library that abstracts the low-level threading details necessary for optimal multi-core performance. Security Fix(es): * jquery: Untrusted […]

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SLES 12 — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 May 2022 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2022:1021-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1304 CVE-2019-5188 CVE-2015-0247 CVE-2015-1572 CVE-2019-5094 Upstream summary: An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs 1.46.5. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.18.4-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — gstreamer 1.18.4-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3497 CVE-2021-3498 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships gstreamer 1.18.4-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-3497. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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