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FreeBSD 13 — mail-notification — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mail-notification — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mail-notification — denial-of-service vulnerability Upstream summary: Caused by an untested return value, and a resulting null pointer dereference, it is possible for an attacker to crash the application. However, the […]

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FreeBSD 13 — compat5x-sparc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — compat5x-sparc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openssl — potential SSL 2.0 rollback Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2969 Upstream summary: Vulnerability: Such applications are affected if they use the option SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING. This option is implied by use of SSL_OP_ALL, […]

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Debian 10 — modsecurity-apache — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — modsecurity-apache — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 July 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42717 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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AlmaLinux 8 — nspr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — nspr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:3572 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25648 Upstream summary: Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: vlc heap-based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2007-3316 CVE-2007-3467 CVE-2007-3468 CVE-2008-5032 CVE-2008-5036 CVE-2010-2937 CVE-2012-1775 CVE-2012-1776  +12 more Upstream summary: Thomas Guillem reports: A heap-based buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC function in […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xorg — protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1981 CVE-2013-1982 CVE-2013-1983 CVE-2013-1984 CVE-2013-1985 CVE-2013-1986 CVE-2013-1987 CVE-2013-1988  +12 more Upstream summary: freedesktop.org reports: Ilja van Sprundel, […]

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Arch Linux — wpa_supplicant — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — wpa_supplicant — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202102-25 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-0326 CVE-2017-13088 CVE-2017-13087 CVE-2017-13082 CVE-2017-13081 CVE-2017-13080 CVE-2017-13079 CVE-2017-13078  +3 more Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2:2.9-7. Fixed in: 2:2.9-8. Group: AVG-1530. Table of […]

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How to Set Up Tripwire for File Integrity Monitoring on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Tripwire for File Integrity Monitoring on RHEL 8

File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) detects unauthorized changes to critical system files, binaries, and configuration directories — a key control for detecting intrusions and satisfying compliance requirements such as PCI-DSS and CIS benchmarks. Tripwire Open Source computes cryptographic hashes of monitored files at a baseline and alerts you to any subsequent modifications. This tutorial covers installing […]

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