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Alpine Linux edge — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.1.2-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — soundtouch 2.1.2-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17096 CVE-2018-17097 CVE-2018-17098 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships soundtouch 2.1.2-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-17096. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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How to Set Up OpenTelemetry Collector on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up OpenTelemetry Collector 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 set up opentelemetry collector 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 — libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5680 CVE-2013-0211 CVE-2015-2304 CVE-2015-8934 CVE-2016-1541 CVE-2016-4300 CVE-2016-4301 CVE-2016-4302 Upstream summary: Hanno Bock and Cisco Talos report: Out of bounds heap read in RAR parser […]

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Debian 9 — putty — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — putty — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 April 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9894 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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How to Set Up ArgoCD on Kubernetes on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up ArgoCD on Kubernetes on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up ArgoCD on Kubernetes on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — db5.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — db5.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 April 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4004-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8457 CVE-2017-10140 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information. Table of […]

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

Arch Linux — gobby — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202101-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35450 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1:0.5.0+112+gd16519e-1. Fixed in: 1:0.5.0+116+g295e697-1. Group: AVG-1383. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Set Up pgBouncer Connection Pooler on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up pgBouncer Connection Pooler on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up pgBouncer Connection Pooler 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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FreeBSD 12 — cde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — cde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: x11/cde — Local privilege escalation via CDE dtsession Related CVEs: CVE-2020-2696 Upstream summary: Marco Ivaldi (marco.ivaldi () mediaservice net) reports: A buffer overflow in the CheckMonitor() function in the Common […]

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How to Install and Configure Cassandra on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Cassandra on Debian 10

Introduction This guide explains how to Install and Configure Cassandra 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 […]

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