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Alpine Linux edge — antiword — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — antiword — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.37-r3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — antiword 0.37-r3 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8123 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships antiword 0.37-r3 which addresses CVE-2014-8123. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Install Ansible on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Ansible on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying install ansible on freebsd 12 on a FreeBSD 12 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard base + […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — libproxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libproxy — stack-based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4504 Upstream summary: Tomas Hoger reports: A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the libproxy's url::get_pac() used to download proxy.pac proxy auto-configuration file. […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — yii — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: yii — Remote arbitrary PHP code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4672 Upstream summary: Yii PHP Framework developers report: We are releasing Yii 1.1.15 to fix a security issue found in 1.1.14. […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — kwebkitpart — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kwebkitpart, kde-runtime — insufficient input validation Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8600 Upstream summary: Albert Aastals Cid reports: kwebkitpart and the bookmarks:// io slave were not sanitizing input correctly allowing to some javascript […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:3066-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11625 CVE-2017-11627 CVE-2017-9209 CVE-2017-12595 Upstream summary: A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — newsfetch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: newsfetch — server response buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0132 Upstream summary: The newsfetch program uses the sscanf function to read information from server responses into static memory buffers. Unfortunately […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache13-ssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache13-ssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — heap overflow in mod_proxy Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0492 Upstream summary: A buffer overflow exists in mod_proxy which may allow an attacker to launch local DoS attacks and possibly execute […]

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How to Upgrade from Debian 9 to Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Upgrade from Debian 9 to Debian 10

Introduction Debian 10 Buster is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up upgrade from debian 9 to debian 10 on Buster leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Buster freeze. Follow each step carefully and […]

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