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openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-XML-Twig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-XML-Twig — vulnerability — 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-2020:1177-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9180 Upstream summary: perl-XML-Twig: The option to `expand_external_ents`, documented as controlling external entity expansion in XML::Twig does not work. External entities are always expanded, regardless […]

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Alpine Linux edge — json-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — json-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.14-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — json-c 0.14-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12762 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships json-c 0.14-r1 which addresses CVE-2020-12762. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Configure Btrfs on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Btrfs on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure Btrfs 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. Step 1 — Check Btrfs Filesystem btrfs filesystem show btrfs subvolume list / […]

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FreeBSD 12 — tnef — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — tnef — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tnef — An attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6307 CVE-2017-6308 CVE-2017-6309 CVE-2017-6310 CVE-2019-18849 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: In […]

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Debian 9 — atftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — atftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 June 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11365 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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SLES 12 — google-compute-engine-init — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — google-compute-engine-init — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 June 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:1934-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8903 CVE-2020-8907 CVE-2020-8933 Upstream summary: A vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform's guest-oslogin versions between 20190304 and 20200507 allows a user that is only granted the […]

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How to Set Up Yubikey Authentication on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Yubikey Authentication on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up Yubikey Authentication on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — ksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-0559)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 June 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-0559 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14868 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — net6 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — net6 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4091 CVE-2011-4093 Upstream summary: The libobby server in inc/server.hpp in libnet6 (aka net6) before 1.3.14 does not perform authentication before checking the user name, which […]

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