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FreeBSD 12 — unrar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — unrar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 March 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rar — password prompt buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0855 Upstream summary: iDefense reports: Remote exploitation of a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in RARLabs Unrar may allow an attacker […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py38-pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py38-pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 March 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0294 CVE-2013-0342 Upstream summary: Nathaniel McCallum reports: packet.py in pyrad before 2.1 uses weak random numbers to generate RADIUS authenticators and hash passwords, which […]

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Alpine Linux edge — xapian-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — xapian-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.4.6-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — xapian-core 1.4.6-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-0499 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships xapian-core 1.4.6-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-0499. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php71-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php71-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 March 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PHP — Multiple vulnerabilities in EXIF module Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11034 CVE-2019-11035 Upstream summary: The PHP project reports: Heap-buffer-overflow in php_ifd_get32s (CVE-2019-11034) Heap-buffer-overflow in exif_iif_add_value (CVE-2019-11035) Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

Debian 9 — opendmarc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 March 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16378 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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Oracle Linux 8 — graphviz — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — graphviz — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4256)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 March 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4256 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-18032 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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Oracle Linux 8 — ncurses — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ncurses — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4426)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 March 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4426 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17594 CVE-2019-17595 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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How to Configure Nginx Load Balancing on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx Load Balancing on RHEL 7

How to Configure Nginx Load Balancing on RHEL 7 As web applications grow in traffic, a single backend server eventually becomes a bottleneck. Nginx’s upstream module provides built-in load balancing that distributes incoming requests across multiple backend servers, improving throughput, redundancy, and fault tolerance. Unlike Nginx Plus, the open-source version included in RHEL 7’s EPEL […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — lilypond — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — lilypond — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:1453-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-17353 CVE-2018-10992 Upstream summary: scm/define-stencil-commands.scm in LilyPond through 2.20.0, and 2.21.x through 2.21.4, when -dsafe is used, lacks restrictions on embedded-ps and embedded-svg, as demonstrated […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — subversion:1.10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — subversion:1.10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4712)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 March 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4712 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11782 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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