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How to Audit Security with Lynis on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Audit Security with Lynis 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 audit security with lynis 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 […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-azure — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-azure — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4325-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19046 CVE-2020-8428 CVE-2019-19053 CVE-2019-19056 CVE-2019-19058 CVE-2019-19059 CVE-2019-19066 CVE-2019-19068  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the IPMI message handler implementation in the Linux kernel did not […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — gnome-autoar — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — gnome-autoar — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4381 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13558 CVE-2020-24870 CVE-2020-27918 CVE-2020-29623 CVE-2020-36241 CVE-2021-1765 CVE-2021-1788 CVE-2021-1789  +12 more Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — xen — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — xen — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5617-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0543 CVE-2020-11739 CVE-2020-11740 CVE-2020-11741 CVE-2020-11742 CVE-2020-11743 CVE-2020-15563 CVE-2020-15564  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that memory contents previously stored in microarchitectural special registers after RDRAND, RDSEED, […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — glade — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — glade — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:0983-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36774 Upstream summary: plugins/gtk+/glade-gtk-box.c in GNOME Glade before 3.38.1 and 3.39.x before 3.40.0 mishandles widget rebuilding for GladeGtkBox, leading to a denial of service (application […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — go1.13 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — go1.13 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:1087-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15586 CVE-2020-14039 CVE-2020-16845 Upstream summary: Go before 1.13.13 and 1.14.x before 1.14.5 has a data race in some net/http servers, as demonstrated by the httputil.ReverseProxy […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — dpdk security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-1735)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1735 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14818 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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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – snapd refresh stuck and snap applications fail to update – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 📖 ~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 […]

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