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FreeBSD 12 — apache22-worker-mpm — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache22-worker-mpm — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache22 — chunk header parsing defect Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0833 CVE-2012-2687 CVE-2012-3499 CVE-2012-4558 CVE-2013-1862 CVE-2013-1896 CVE-2013-5704 CVE-2013-6438  +5 more Upstream summary: Apache Foundation reports: CVE-2015-3183 core: Fix chunk header parsing defect. […]

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Arch Linux — zlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — zlib — vulnerability — 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-202204-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25032 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1:1.2.11-1. Fixed in: 1:1.2.12-1. Group: AVG-2657. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Configure StrongSwan IPsec on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure StrongSwan IPsec on Debian 9

Introduction How to Configure StrongSwan IPsec on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch 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 9. This […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_deflate+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_deflate+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — Prevent chunk-size integer overflow on platforms where sizeof(int) < sizeof(long) Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 Upstream summary: Apache ChangeLog reports: Integer overflow in the ap_proxy_send_fb function in proxy/proxy_util.c […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — ampache — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ampache — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4693-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12385 CVE-2019-12386 Upstream summary: It was discovered that an SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Ampache search engine. Any user able to perform searches could dump any […]

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How to Configure Snort Network Intrusion Detection on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Snort Network Intrusion Detection on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure Snort Network Intrusion Detection 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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Common Problems 121135

Debian 10 NTP Sync Not Active and Clock Drift Increases

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 May 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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How to Configure pf Packet Filtering on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure pf Packet Filtering on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure pf packet filtering on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]

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FreeBSD 12 — squidGuard — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — squidGuard — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: squidGuard — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3700 CVE-2009-3826 Upstream summary: SquidGuard website reports: Patch 20091015 fixes one buffer overflow problem in sgLog.c when overlong URLs are requested. SquidGuard will then […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-python-cjson — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-python-cjson — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2010-1666 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in Dan Pascu python-cjson 1.0.5, when UCS-4 encoding is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have […]

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