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

FreeBSD 12 — istio — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Istio — Security vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9900 CVE-2019-9901 Upstream summary: Istio reports: Two security vulnerabilities have recently been identified in the Envoy proxy. The vulnerabilities are centered on the fact […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.192-147.314 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.192-147.314 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-027 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14386 CVE-2020-25211 CVE-2020-25284 Upstream summary: An issue has been reported in the Linux kernel's handling of raw sockets. This issue can be used locally to cause denial […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — nfs-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — nfs-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4400-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3689 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the nfs-utils package set incorrect permissions on the /var/lib/nfs directory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202011-15 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28241 Upstream summary: libmaxminddb used uninitialised memory when reading from a corrupt database file. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — python-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — python-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4273-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17626 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain XML documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted document, […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — file-roller — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — file-roller — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4927-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36314 CVE-2020-11736 CVE-2019-16680 Upstream summary: It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py34-diffoscope — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py34-diffoscope — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: diffoscope — arbitrary file write Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0359 Upstream summary: Ximin Luo reports: [v67] introduced a security hole where diffoscope may write to arbitrary locations on disk depending on the […]

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Debian 9 – dpkg Interrupted State Blocks Package Operations – Full Recovery

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 February 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~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 & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-autobahn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-autobahn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:0132-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35678 Upstream summary: Autobahn|Python before 20.12.3 allows redirect header injection. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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How to Use Amanda for Enterprise Backup on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Amanda for Enterprise Backup on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Use Amanda for Enterprise Backup 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: […]

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