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Debian 10 — hivex — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — hivex — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3504 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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

Debian 11 — bsdmainutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0793 Upstream summary: The calendar program in bsdmainutils 6.0 through 6.0.14 does not drop root privileges when executed with the -a flag, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary […]

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

Debian 11 — cvsweb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000998 Upstream summary: FreeBSD CVSweb version 2.x contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in all pages that can result in limited impact–CVSweb is anonymous & read-only. It […]

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Debian 11 — libvorbis — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libvorbis — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-3106 CVE-2007-4029 CVE-2007-4065 CVE-2007-4066 CVE-2008-1419 CVE-2008-1420 CVE-2008-1423 CVE-2008-2009  +10 more Upstream summary: lib/info.c in libvorbis 1.1.2, and possibly other versions before 1.2.0, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4406 CVE-2012-2737 CVE-2012-6655 CVE-2018-14036 Upstream summary: The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary […]

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

Debian 11 — xfe — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-2079 Upstream summary: X File Explorer (aka xfe) might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain access to arbitrary files by leveraging failure to use […]

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How to Set Up a FreeBSD Jail for Web Hosting on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a FreeBSD Jail for Web Hosting on FreeBSD 12 (ON-FREEBSD-12)

Introduction How to Set Up a FreeBSD Jail for Web Hosting 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 […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — rhn-virtualization — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — rhn-virtualization — 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-2019:3355 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 — rust-lock-api — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — rust-lock-api — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35910 CVE-2020-35911 CVE-2020-35912 CVE-2020-35913 CVE-2020-35914 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in the lock_api crate before 0.4.2 for Rust. A data race can occur because of MappedMutexGuard unsoundness. […]

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Debian 11 — neovim — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — neovim — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1248 CVE-2017-5953 CVE-2017-6349 CVE-2017-6350 CVE-2019-12735 Upstream summary: vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the […]

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