Package Management

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: puppet — Unsafe HTTP Redirect Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000180 CVE-2018-1000613 CVE-2020-7943 CVE-2021-27023 Upstream summary: Puppet reports: A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server that may result in a […]

Read more
FreeBSD 13 — py37-fail2ban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py37-fail2ban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fail2ban — possible RCE vulnerability in mailing action using mailutils Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32749 Upstream summary: Jakub Żoczek reports: Command mail from mailutils package used in mail actions like mail-whois can […]

Read more
How to Build Docker Images with Multi-Stage Builds on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Build Docker Images with Multi-Stage Builds on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying build docker images with multi-stage builds 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 […]

Read more
Oracle Linux 8 — 3 Known Issues — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — 3 Known Issues

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug OLRNB-ol8-issues-known Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan […]

Read more
FreeBSD 13 — a2ps — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — a2ps — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: a2ps — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8107 Upstream summary: Jong-Gwon Kim reports: When user runs a2ps with malicious crafted pro(a2ps prologue) file, an attacker can execute arbitrary code. Table […]

Read more
openSUSE Tumbleweed — rav1e — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — rav1e — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2018-25023 CVE-2021-45710 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in the smallvec crate before 0.6.13 for Rust. It can create an uninitialized value of any type, […]

Read more
FreeBSD 13 — mod_dav — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mod_dav — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_dav — lock related denial-of-service Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0809 Upstream summary: A malicious user with DAV write privileges can trigger a null pointer dereference in the Apache mod_dav module. This could […]

Read more
Debian 11 — autofs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — autofs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5964 CVE-2012-2697 CVE-2014-8169 Upstream summary: The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for […]

Read more
CHAT