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FreeBSD 13 — mplayer-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mplayer-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mplayer — vulnerability in STR files processor Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0433 CVE-2004-1187 CVE-2004-1188 CVE-2005-1195 CVE-2006-0579 CVE-2006-1502 CVE-2006-6172 CVE-2007-1246  +8 more Upstream summary: Secunia reports: The vulnerability is caused due to a […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: FreeBSD — EAP-pwd message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4141 CVE-2015-4142 CVE-2015-4143 CVE-2015-4144 CVE-2015-4145 CVE-2015-4146 CVE-2015-5310 CVE-2015-5315  +12 more Upstream summary: Problem Description: EAP-pwd implementation in hostapd (EAP […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — log4j — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — log4j — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2022:1963 Upstream summary: This enhancement update adds the log4j:2 module to AlmaLinux (BZ#1937468) For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — krb — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: krb5 — Double-free in KDC TGS processing Related CVEs: CVE-2002-2443 CVE-2004-0642 CVE-2004-0643 CVE-2004-0644 CVE-2004-0772 CVE-2004-1189 CVE-2010-0283 CVE-2010-0628  +12 more Upstream summary: The MIT krb5 Team reports: When issuing a ticket […]

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Alpine Linux edge — polkit — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — polkit — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.120-r2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — polkit 0.120-r2 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4034 CVE-2021-3560 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships polkit 0.120-r2 which addresses CVE-2021-4034. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — libxul — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2010-1585 CVE-2010-2760 CVE-2010-2762 CVE-2010-2763 CVE-2010-2764 CVE-2010-2765 CVE-2010-2766 CVE-2010-2767  +12 more Upstream summary: Mozilla Foundation reports: CVE-2019-11751: Malicious code execution through command line parameters CVE-2019-11746: […]

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Oracle Linux 8 – Common Problem 005 – Diagnosis and Fix

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~3 min read 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 Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Snap Store Fails with Temporary Failure Resolving

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 August 2021 📖 ~1 min read 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 Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — libbson — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libbson — Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14227 Upstream summary: mongodb developers report: In MongoDB libbson 1.7.0, the bson_iter_codewscope function in bson-iter.c miscalculates a bson_utf8_validate length argument, which allows remote […]

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How to Add a Sudo User on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Add a Sudo User on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Add a Sudo User 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: zypper […]

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