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Ubuntu 16.04 — kamailio — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — kamailio — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7416-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2385 CVE-2018-14767 CVE-2020-28361 CVE-2018-16657 CVE-2020-27507 CVE-2018-8828 Upstream summary: Stelios Tsampas discovered that Kamailio did not correctly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. […]

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How to Set Up SFTP Server with Chroot Jail on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SFTP Server with Chroot Jail on Debian 10

Introduction Debian 10 Buster is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up set up sftp server with chroot jail on debian 10 on Buster leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Buster freeze. Follow each […]

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FreeBSD 12 — openjdk8-jre — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — openjdk8-jre — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: java — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4734 CVE-2015-4803 CVE-2015-4805 CVE-2015-4806 CVE-2015-4810 CVE-2015-4835 CVE-2015-4840 CVE-2015-4842  +12 more Upstream summary: Oracle reports: This Critical Patch Update contains 25 new security fixes for […]

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Debian 9 — nginx — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — nginx — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 February 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7529 CVE-2018-16843 CVE-2019-9511 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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Debian 9 — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 February 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10162 CVE-2019-3871 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 Enable Brotli Compression on Nginx on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Enable Brotli Compression on Nginx on Debian 10

Introduction How to Enable Brotli Compression on Nginx 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — openmpt123 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — openmpt123 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — 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-2017-11311 CVE-2018-10017 CVE-2018-11710 CVE-2018-20860 CVE-2018-20861 CVE-2019-14382 CVE-2019-14383 CVE-2019-17113 Upstream summary: soundlib/Load_psm.cpp in OpenMPT through 1.26.12.00 and libopenmpt before 0.2.8461-beta26 has a heap buffer overflow with […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — giflib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: giflib — heap overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7555 Upstream summary: Hans Jerry Illikainen reports: A heap overflow may occur in the giffix utility included in giflib-5.1.1 when processing records of the […]

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How to Install and Configure Drone CI on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Drone CI on RHEL 7

How to Install and Configure Drone CI on RHEL 7 Drone CI is a lightweight, container-native continuous integration platform built around the concept of pipelines-as-code. Unlike Jenkins, which requires significant plugin management and XML configuration, Drone uses a simple YAML file (.drone.yml) stored in your repository to define every aspect of a pipeline. Drone’s server […]

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Gentoo Linux — media-libs/libvorbis — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — media-libs/libvorbis — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202003-36 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14160 CVE-2018-10392 CVE-2018-10393 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvorbis. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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