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

FreeBSD 12 — gnome-screensaver — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gnome-screensaver — Multiple monitor hotplug issues Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0414 CVE-2010-0422 Upstream summary: Ray Strode reports: Under certain circumstances it is possible to circumvent the security of screen locking functionality of […]

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How to Monitor Nginx with Prometheus on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Nginx with Prometheus on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up monitor nginx with prometheus on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]

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FreeBSD 12 — evolution-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — evolution-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: evolution-data-server — remote execution of arbitrary code vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-3257 Upstream summary: Debian project reports: It was discovered that the IMAP code in the Evolution Data Server performs insufficient […]

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How to Set Up Nagios on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Nagios on Debian 9

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up Nagios on Debian 9 on Debian 9 Stretch. Debian Stretch uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 9 install with the standard […]

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FreeBSD 12 — bmon — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bmon — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bmon — unsafe set-user-ID application Upstream summary: Jon Nistor reported that the FreeBSD port of bmon was installed set-user-ID root, and executes commands using relative paths. This could allow local […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — kauth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — kauth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6035-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7443 Upstream summary: It was discovered that KAuth incorrectly handled some configuration parameters with specially crafted arbitrary types. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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How to Configure Nginx with ModSecurity WAF on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx with ModSecurity WAF on RHEL 7

How to Configure Nginx with ModSecurity WAF on RHEL 7 While ModSecurity is most commonly associated with Apache, it also runs as a dynamic module for Nginx through the ModSecurity-nginx connector. On RHEL 7, the official Nginx packages do not ship with ModSecurity built in, so you have two practical paths: compile Nginx and ModSecurity […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — apache-commons-httpclient — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — apache-commons-httpclient — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:1873-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5262 CVE-2012-5783 CVE-2014-3577 Upstream summary: http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 ignores the http.socket.timeout configuration setting during an SSL handshake, which allows remote attackers […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem19-rack — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem19-rack — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Ruby Rack Gem — Multiple Issues Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0262 CVE-2013-0263 Upstream summary: Rack developers report: Today we are proud to announce the release of Rack 1.4.5. Fix CVE-2013-0263, timing attack […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php55-snmp — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php55-snmp — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-5385 CVE-2016-5399 CVE-2016-6288 CVE-2016-6289 CVE-2016-6290 CVE-2016-6291 CVE-2016-6292  +4 more Upstream summary: PHP reports: Fixed bug #69975 (PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columns) […]

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