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

AlmaLinux 8 — libfprint — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2021:1889 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Debian 11 — rpcbind — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — rpcbind — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2061 CVE-2010-2064 CVE-2015-7236 CVE-2017-8779 Upstream summary: rpcbind 0.2.0 does not properly validate (1) /tmp/portmap.xdr and (2) /tmp/rpcbind.xdr, which can be created by an attacker before the daemon is […]

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How to Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying secure nginx with let’s encrypt on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — janus-gateway — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — janus-gateway — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4020 Upstream summary: janus-gateway is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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

Debian 11 — exuberant-ctags — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7204 CVE-2022-4515 Upstream summary: jscript.c in Exuberant Ctags 5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted […]

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Alpine Linux edge — inspircd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — inspircd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.10.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — inspircd 3.10.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33586 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships inspircd 3.10.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-33586. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-qs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-qs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7693-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24999 Upstream summary: Nathanael Braun and Johan Brissaud discovered that qs was vulnerable to prototype pollution. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — apache2-mod_wsgi — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — apache2-mod_wsgi — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-RU-2015:0611-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0240 CVE-2022-2255 Upstream summary: The mod_wsgi module before 3.5 for Apache, when daemon mode is enabled, does not properly handle error codes returned by setuid […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — flac — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — flac — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6360-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-22219 CVE-2017-6888 CVE-2020-0499 CVE-2021-0561 CVE-2014-8962 CVE-2014-9028 Upstream summary: USN-6360-1 fixed a vulnerability in FLAC. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, […]

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