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dpkg Was Interrupted, You Must Manually Run dpkg –configure -a

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 February 2020 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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

How to Configure Automatic Security Updates on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure Automatic Security Updates 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 […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-java/icedtea-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-java/icedtea-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-202409-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14556 CVE-2020-14562 CVE-2020-14573 CVE-2020-14577 CVE-2020-14578 CVE-2020-14579 CVE-2020-14581 CVE-2020-14583  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IcedTea. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p5-Mojolicious — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p5-Mojolicious — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-Mojolicious — cookie-handling vulnerability Upstream summary: Upstream commit: Vulnerabilities existed in cookie handling. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libfreexl1 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libfreexl1 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2923 CVE-2017-2924 CVE-2018-7435 CVE-2018-7436 CVE-2018-7437 CVE-2018-7438 CVE-2018-7439 CVE-2015-2753  +2 more Upstream summary: An exploitable heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'read_biff_next_record function' of […]

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How to Configure Docker Overlay Networking on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Docker Overlay Networking on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying configure docker overlay networking 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. Prerequisites You will […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gtar — buffer overflow in rmt client Related CVEs: CVE-2006-0300 CVE-2006-6097 CVE-2007-4131 CVE-2007-4476 CVE-2010-0624 Upstream summary: Jakob Lell reports: The rmt client implementation of GNU Tar/Cpio contains a heap-based buffer […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libjpeg6b — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libjpeg6b — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5497-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11212 CVE-2018-11213 CVE-2018-11214 CVE-2018-11813 CVE-2020-14152 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libjpeg6b was not properly performing bounds checks when compressing PPM and Targa image files. An attacker […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4748 CVE-2010-2785 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in the URI handler in KVirc 3.4.0, when set as the default application for processing IRC URIs, allows […]

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