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

Debian 11 — splitvt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0162 Upstream summary: misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Debian 11 — openjfx — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — openjfx — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4901 CVE-2015-4906 CVE-2015-4908 CVE-2015-4916 CVE-2016-3498 CVE-2017-10086 CVE-2017-10114 CVE-2018-2581  +5 more Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 8u60 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-oletools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-oletools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27058 Upstream summary: Unknown. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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How to Configure Samba on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Samba on FreeBSD 13

Introduction FreeBSD 13 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure samba on freebsd 13 on FreeBSD 13 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux distribution. This […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — tcmu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — tcmu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4707-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3139 Upstream summary: It was discovered that TCMU lacked a check for transport-layer restrictions, allowing remote attackers to read or write files via directory traversal in an […]

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SLES 15 — kernel-livepatch — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — kernel-livepatch — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:3210-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000405 CVE-2021-4028 CVE-2021-31440 CVE-2018-12904 CVE-2019-5108 CVE-2018-15471 CVE-2019-13272 CVE-2020-13233  +2 more Upstream summary: The Linux Kernel versions 2.6.38 through 4.14 have a problematic use of pmd_mkdirty() […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8981 CVE-2017-5852 CVE-2017-5853 CVE-2017-5854 CVE-2017-5855 CVE-2017-5886 CVE-2017-6840 CVE-2017-6841  +12 more Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo allows attackers to have unspecified […]

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FreeBSD 13 — hdf5 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — hdf5 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: hdf5 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4330 CVE-2016-4331 CVE-2016-4332 CVE-2016-4333 Upstream summary: Talos Security reports: CVE-2016-4330 (TALOS-2016-0176) – HDF5 Group libhdf5 H5T_ARRAY Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2016-4331 (TALOS-2016-0177) – HDF5 Group […]

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FreeBSD 13 — pdflib-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — pdflib-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tiff — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0803 CVE-2004-0804 CVE-2004-0886 CVE-2004-1308 CVE-2005-1544 Upstream summary: A Gentoo Linux Security Advisory reports: Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — evolution — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — evolution — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2020-1600)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1600 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15587 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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