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How to Set Up Consul Service Mesh on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Consul Service Mesh on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up Consul Service Mesh 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 […]

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Arch Linux — audiofile — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — audiofile — multiple vulnerabilities (13 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-201708-9 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6839 CVE-2017-6838 CVE-2017-6837 CVE-2017-6836 CVE-2017-6835 CVE-2017-6834 CVE-2017-6833 CVE-2017-6832  +5 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.3.6-3. Fixed in: 0.3.6-4. Group: AVG-205. Table of contents […]

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FreeBSD 12 — phpMyAdmin-php — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — phpMyAdmin-php — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: phpMyAdmin — XSS vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15605 CVE-2019-12616 CVE-2020-5504 Upstream summary: phpMyAdmin Team reports: PMASA-2023-1 XSS vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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SLES 15 — libqb0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libqb0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:1791-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12779 Upstream summary: libqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py35-twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py35-twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-twisted — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12387 CVE-2019-9512 CVE-2019-9514 CVE-2019-9515 CVE-2020-10108 CVE-2020-10109 Upstream summary: Twisted developers reports: All HTTP clients in twisted.web.client now raise a ValueError when called with a […]

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How to Install Grafana on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Grafana on Debian 10

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Grafana on Debian 10 on Debian 10 Buster. Debian Buster uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 10 install with the standard repositories […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mplayer-esound — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mplayer-esound — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mplayer — vulnerability in STR files processor Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0433 CVE-2004-1187 CVE-2004-1188 CVE-2005-1195 CVE-2006-0579 CVE-2006-1502 CVE-2006-6172 CVE-2007-1246  +8 more Upstream summary: Secunia reports: The vulnerability is caused due to a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — xmltooling — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — xmltooling — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xmltooling — remote resource access Related CVEs: CVE-2015-2684 CVE-2018-0486 CVE-2018-0489 Upstream summary: Shibboleth consortium reports: An updated version of the XMLTooling library that is part of the OpenSAML and Shibboleth […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — cpp5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — cpp5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2019:695-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5276 Upstream summary: The std::random_device class in libstdc++ in the GNU Compiler Collection (aka GCC) before 4.9.4 does not properly handle short reads from blocking […]

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