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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-actionview — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-actionview — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Rails — XSS vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7576 CVE-2015-7577 CVE-2015-7581 CVE-2016-0751 CVE-2016-0752 CVE-2016-0753 CVE-2016-2097 CVE-2016-2098  +12 more Upstream summary: Ruby on Rails blog: This is an announcement to let you know […]

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How to Set Up GitLab CE on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up GitLab CE on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up GitLab CE on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py35-urllib — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py35-urllib — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: urllib3 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20060 CVE-2019-11236 CVE-2019-11324 Upstream summary: NIST reports: (by search in the range 2018/01/01 – 2019/11/10): urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization […]

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

Debian 11 — flim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0422 Upstream summary: flim before 1.14.3 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Emacs user via a symlink attack. Table of […]

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Debian 11 — lyskom-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — lyskom-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0366 Upstream summary: lyskom-server 2.0.7 and earlier allows unauthenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large query. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — fapolicyd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — fapolicyd — 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-2022:1898 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1117 Upstream summary: Fapolicyd (File Access Policy Daemon) implements application whitelisting to decide file access rights. Applications that are known via a reputation source are allowed access while unknown […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-python/django — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-python/django — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202509-03 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3281 CVE-2021-28658 CVE-2021-31542 CVE-2021-32052 CVE-2021-33203 CVE-2021-33571 CVE-2021-35042 CVE-2021-44420  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Django. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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How to Configure Disk Quotas on Ext4 on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Disk Quotas on Ext4 on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying configure disk quotas on ext4 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 […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — snakeyaml — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — snakeyaml — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 February 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7368-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18640 CVE-2022-25857 CVE-2022-38749 CVE-2022-38750 CVE-2022-38751 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SnakeYAML incorrectly handled recursive entity references. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SnakeYAML […]

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SLES 15 — libsass — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libsass — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 February 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:4895-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-26592 CVE-2022-43357 CVE-2022-43358 Upstream summary: Stack Overflow vulnerability in libsass 3.6.5 via the CompoundSelector::has_real_parent_ref function. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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