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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.2-rubygem-extlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.2-rubygem-extlib — 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-2013:0278-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0156 Upstream summary: active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — tidy-html — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tidy — heap-buffer-overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5522 CVE-2015-5523 Upstream summary: Geoff McLane reports: tidy is affected by a write out of bounds when processing malformed html files. This issue could be […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kdelibs4, rekonq — input validation failure Related CVEs: CVE-2011-3365 CVE-2011-3366 Upstream summary: KDE Security Advisory reports: The default rendering type for a QLabel is QLabel::AutoText, which uses heuristics to determine […]

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How to Configure Nginx as a TCP/UDP Load Balancer on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx as a TCP/UDP Load Balancer on Debian 10 (ON-DEBIAN-10)

Introduction Deploying configure nginx as a tcp/udp load balancer on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. […]

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FreeBSD 12 — gdal — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gdal — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tiff — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0803 CVE-2004-0804 CVE-2004-0886 CVE-2004-1308 CVE-2005-1544 Upstream summary: A Gentoo Linux Security Advisory reports: Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered […]

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FreeBSD 12 — openoffice.org-2-RC — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — openoffice.org-2-RC — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2237 CVE-2008-2238 Upstream summary: The OpenOffice Team reports: A security vulnerability with the way OpenOffice 2.x process WMF files may allow a […]

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Arch Linux — ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201702-10 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5025 CVE-2017-5024 CVE-2020-13904 CVE-2020-35964 CVE-2017-14225 CVE-2017-14223 CVE-2017-14222 CVE-2017-14171  +8 more Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1:3.2.3-1. Fixed in: 1:3.2.4-1. Group: AVG-172. Table of […]

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How to Install Drupal on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Drupal on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Drupal on 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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Alpine Linux edge — slock — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.3-r3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — slock 1.3-r3 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6866 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships slock 1.3-r3 which addresses CVE-2016-6866. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — nspluginwrapper — 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 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-2486 Upstream summary: nspluginwrapper before 1.4.4 does not properly provide access to NPNVprivateModeBool variable settings, which could prevent Firefox plugins from determining if they should […]

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