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Alpine Linux edge — hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.9-r3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — hostapd 2.9-r3 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-30004 CVE-2020-12695 CVE-2019-16275 CVE-2019-11555 CVE-2019-9496 CVE-2017-13077 CVE-2017-13078 CVE-2017-13079  +8 more Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships hostapd 2.9-r3 which […]

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How to Set Up Lynis Security Auditing on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Lynis Security Auditing on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up Lynis Security Auditing 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: […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — suphp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: suPHP — Privilege escalation Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1614 Upstream summary: suPHP developer Sebastian Marsching reports: When the suPHP_PHPPath was set, mod_suphp would use the specified PHP executable to pretty-print PHP source […]

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

Debian 11 — changetrack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3233 Upstream summary: changetrack 4.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via CRLF sequences and shell metacharacters in a filename in a directory that is checked by […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-numba — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-numba — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2022:0134-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33430 Upstream summary: A Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in NumPy 1.9.x in the PyArray_NewFromDescr_int function of ctors.c when specifying arrays of large dimensions (over 32) […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — amaya — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: amaya — multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-1900 CVE-2008-5282 CVE-2009-0323 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A boundary error when processing "div" HTML tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based […]

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How to Set Up a Docker Swarm Cluster on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Docker Swarm Cluster on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up a Docker Swarm Cluster on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to […]

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Debian 11 — libapache2-mod-auth-openid — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libapache2-mod-auth-openid — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2760 Upstream summary: mod_auth_openid before 0.7 for Apache uses world-readable permissions for /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db, which allows local users to obtain session ids. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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SLES 15 — stunnel — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — stunnel — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 November 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:0709-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1762 CVE-2021-20230 CVE-2015-3644 CVE-2011-2940 CVE-2014-0016 Upstream summary: stunnel 4.21 through 4.54, when CONNECT protocol negotiation and NTLM authentication are enabled, does not correctly perform integer […]

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Arch Linux — virtualbox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — virtualbox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202110-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-35545 CVE-2021-35542 CVE-2021-35540 CVE-2021-35538 CVE-2021-2475 CVE-2021-2454 CVE-2021-2443 CVE-2021-2442  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 6.1.26-2. Fixed in: 6.1.28-1. Group: AVG-2476. Table of contents […]

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