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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — lftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:1059-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10916 Upstream summary: It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python-lxml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python-lxml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-1898)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 April 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-1898 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27783 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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FreeBSD 12 — openfire — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — openfire — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 21 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Openfire administration console authentication bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1728 CVE-2008-6508 CVE-2008-6509 CVE-2008-6510 CVE-2008-6511 CVE-2009-0496 CVE-2009-0497 CVE-2009-1595  +2 more Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: Openfire's administrative console, a web-based application, was found to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ssh2-nox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ssh2-nox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: SSH.COM SFTP server — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-0705 Upstream summary: SSH Communications Security Corp reports a format string vulnerability in their SFTP server. This vulnerability could cause a […]

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How to Set Up NFS on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up NFS on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up NFS on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Step 1 — Install NFS Server zypper install -y nfs-kernel-server Step 2 […]

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Debian 10 — exiv2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — exiv2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 April 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20421 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — cairo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — cairo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 April 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8140-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35492 CVE-2017-9814 CVE-2019-6462 CVE-2019-6461 Upstream summary: Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Cairo did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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How to Add Software Repositories in SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Add Software Repositories in SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Add Software Repositories in SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 15 system is up to date: zypper refresh […]

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SLES 15 — python2-urllib3 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — python2-urllib3 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 April 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-FU-2022:0444-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20060 CVE-2019-9740 CVE-2016-9015 CVE-2019-11236 CVE-2019-11324 Upstream summary: urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a […]

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

How to Install Zabbix Server on Debian 10

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Zabbix Server 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 […]

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