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FreeBSD 12 — shoutcast — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — shoutcast — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: shoutcast — cross-site scripting, information exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2006-3007 Upstream summary: Goober's advisory reports reports that shoutcast is vulnerable to an arbitrary file reading vulnerability: Impact of the vulnerability depends […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 20.08.0-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ark 20.08.0-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24654 CVE-2020-16116 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships ark 20.08.0-r1 which addresses CVE-2020-24654. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4432-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1889556 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309 CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15705  +2 more Upstream summary: USN-4432-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GRUB2 affecting Secure Boot environments. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions for […]

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How to Install Node.js and npm on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Node.js and npm on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Install Node.js and npm on Windows Server 2012 R2 Node.js is the JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 engine, and npm is its package manager providing access to hundreds of thousands of open-source packages. Installing Node.js on Windows Server 2012 R2 enables you to run server-side JavaScript applications, build tools (Webpack, Gulp, Grunt), […]

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How to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for fine-grained privilege […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — mariadb-5.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — mariadb-5.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3957-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2614 CVE-2019-2627 Upstream summary: USN-3957-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding fixes for CVE-2019-2614 and CVE-2019-2627 in MariaDB 5.5. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has […]

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SLES 15 — cf-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — cf-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:1220-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3781 Upstream summary: Cloud Foundry CLI, versions prior to v6.43.0, improperly exposes passwords when verbose/trace/debugging is turned on. A local unauthenticated or remote authenticated malicious user with access to […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libldap — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libldap — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-2016:0226-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6908 CVE-2020-8027 CVE-2015-1545 CVE-2015-1546 CVE-2017-17740 CVE-2019-13057 CVE-2019-13565 Upstream summary: The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-c6-flashplugin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c6-flashplugin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: flash — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0547 CVE-2014-0548 CVE-2014-0549 CVE-2014-0550 CVE-2014-0551 CVE-2014-0552 CVE-2014-0553 CVE-2014-0554  +12 more Upstream summary: Adobe reports: These updates resolve type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to […]

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How to Configure Docker Security Scanning on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Docker Security Scanning on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure Docker Security Scanning 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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