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FreeBSD 13 — wireshark-lite — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — wireshark-lite — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wireshark — multiple security issues Related CVEs: CVE-2007-3389 CVE-2007-3390 CVE-2007-3391 CVE-2007-3392 CVE-2007-3393 CVE-2007-6112 CVE-2007-6113 CVE-2007-6114  +12 more Upstream summary: wireshark developers reports: wnpa-sec-2018-05. IEEE 802.11 dissector crash. (CVE-2018-7335) wnpa-sec-2018-06. Large […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-mail/mailutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-mail/mailutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202310-13 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32749 CVE-2019-18862 Upstream summary: A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Mailutils. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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How to Install Ansible on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Ansible on RHEL 7

How to Install Ansible on RHEL 7 Ansible is an agentless automation platform that lets you manage servers, deploy applications, and orchestrate complex workflows using simple YAML-based playbooks. Unlike other configuration management tools, Ansible requires no daemon or database on managed nodes — it connects over SSH and executes tasks on demand. On Red Hat […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — virt-manager security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — virt-manager security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2019-3464)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-3464 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10183 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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FreeBSD 13 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_deflate — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_deflate — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — Prevent chunk-size integer overflow on platforms where sizeof(int) < sizeof(long) Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 Upstream summary: Apache ChangeLog reports: Integer overflow in the ap_proxy_send_fb function in proxy/proxy_util.c […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — python-schedutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python-schedutils — 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-2019:3627 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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How to Configure Chef Client on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Chef Client on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure Chef Client 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 date: zypper refresh […]

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FreeBSD 13 — rubygem18-rdoc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rubygem18-rdoc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Ruby — XSS exploit of RDoc documentation generated by rdoc Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0256 Upstream summary: Ruby developers report: RDoc documentation generated by rdoc bundled with ruby are vulnerable to an […]

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FreeBSD 13 — plans — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — plans — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: plans — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A vulnerability has been reported in Plans, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. Input passed to […]

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