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

FreeBSD 12 — pdftohtml — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 March 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xpdf — stack based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1125 CVE-2005-0064 CVE-2007-3387 Upstream summary: The KDE Team reports: kpdf, the KDE pdf viewer, shares code with xpdf. xpdf contains a vulnerability […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — golang-github-docker-docker-credential-helpers — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — golang-github-docker-docker-credential-helpers — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4856-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1020014 Upstream summary: Jasiel Spelman discovered that docker-credential-helpers has a double free. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5173-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14462 CVE-2019-14463 Upstream summary: USN-5173-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libmodbus. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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SLES 15 — libcmis — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libcmis — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 March 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:3313-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9853 Upstream summary: LibreOffice documents can contain macros. The execution of those macros is controlled by the document security settings, typically execution of macros are […]

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Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/shadow — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/shadow — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202008-09 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19882 CVE-2013-4235 Upstream summary: When Shadow was installed with the PAM use flag, setuid binaries provided by Shadow were not properly restricted. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Configure kubectl on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure kubectl on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure kubectl 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. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper refresh && […]

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Alpine Linux edge — rpcbind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.2.4-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — rpcbind 0.2.4-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8779 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships rpcbind 0.2.4-r0 which addresses CVE-2017-8779. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 March 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mc — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2003-1023 CVE-2004-0226 CVE-2004-0231 CVE-2004-0232 CVE-2004-0494 CVE-2004-1004 CVE-2004-1005 CVE-2004-1009  +4 more Upstream summary: Andrew V. Samoilov reported several vulnerabilities that were corrected in MidnightCommand 4.6.0: […]

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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator 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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 March 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-beaker — arbitrary code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7489 Upstream summary: matheusbrat reports: The Beaker library through 1.12.1 for Python is affected by deserialization of untrusted data, which could lead […]

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