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

How to Install Prometheus on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying install prometheus 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libidn12 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libidn12 — 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-CU-2019:695-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14062 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in the decode_digit function in puny_decode.c in Libidn2 before 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — mahara — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mahara — sql injection vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0400 Upstream summary: The Debian security team reports: It was discovered that mahara, an electronic portfolio, weblog, and resume builder is not properly […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ruby20-gems — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ruby20-gems — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygems — request hijacking vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4287 CVE-2013-4363 CVE-2015-3900 Upstream summary: Jonathan Claudius reports: RubyGems provides the ability of a domain to direct clients to a separate host that […]

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FreeBSD 12 — qt4-gui — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — qt4-gui — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qt4-imageformats, qt4-gui, qt5-gui — Multiple Vulnerabilities in Qt Image Format Handling Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0295 CVE-2015-1858 CVE-2015-1859 CVE-2015-1860 Upstream summary: Richard J. Moore reports: Due to two recent vulnerabilities identified in […]

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FreeBSD 12 — qt4-imageformats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — qt4-imageformats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qt4-imageformats, qt4-gui, qt5-gui — Multiple Vulnerabilities in Qt Image Format Handling Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0190 CVE-2015-1858 CVE-2015-1859 CVE-2015-1860 Upstream summary: Richard J. Moore reports: Due to two recent vulnerabilities identified in […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — snort — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: snort — DCE/RPC preprocessor vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5276 Upstream summary: A IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Advisory reports: Snort is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow as a result of […]

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Arch Linux — lib32-brotli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — lib32-brotli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202009-12 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8927 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.0.7-3. Fixed in: 1.0.9-1. Group: AVG-1231. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Set Up Nexus Repository Manager on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Nexus Repository Manager on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up Nexus Repository Manager 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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SLES 15 — libseccomp2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libseccomp2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 May 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2019:742-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9893 Upstream summary: libseccomp before 2.4.0 did not correctly generate 64-bit syscall argument comparisons using the arithmetic operators (LT, GT, LE, GE), which might able […]

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