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Alpine Linux edge — elfutils — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — elfutils — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.176-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — elfutils 0.176-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7146 CVE-2019-7148 CVE-2019-7149 CVE-2019-7150 CVE-2019-7664 CVE-2019-7665 CVE-2019-18310 CVE-2019-18520  +6 more Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships elfutils 0.176-r0 which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php70-gd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php70-gd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php-gd and gd — Buffer over-read into uninitialized memory Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7456 CVE-2015-8874 CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-3074 CVE-2016-4343 CVE-2016-5093 CVE-2016-5094 CVE-2016-5096  +12 more Upstream summary: PHP developers report: The GIF decoding function […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — aws-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — aws-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-RU-2018:4074-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15869 Upstream summary: An Amazon Web Services (AWS) developer who does not specify the –owners flag when describing images via AWS CLI, and therefore not […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-f8-flashplugin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-f8-flashplugin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: linux-flashplugin — remote code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4546 CVE-2009-3793 CVE-2009-3794 CVE-2009-3796 CVE-2009-3797 CVE-2009-3798 CVE-2009-3799 CVE-2009-3800  +12 more Upstream summary: Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team reports: A critical vulnerability […]

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How to Install and Configure OpenVPN on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure OpenVPN on RHEL 8

OpenVPN is a mature, battle-tested VPN solution that uses TLS for control-channel encryption and supports both UDP and TCP transports, making it highly adaptable to restrictive network environments. On RHEL 8 it is available from the EPEL repository, and the Easy-RSA toolkit simplifies the PKI management needed to issue server and client certificates. This guide […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: phpwebftp — "language" Local File Inclusion Related CVEs: CVE-2006-1812 CVE-2006-1813 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: phpWebFTP have a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information. Input […]

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How to Configure HTTP/2 on Nginx on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure HTTP/2 on Nginx on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying configure http/2 on nginx on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch 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 — ap20-mod_pubcookie — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ap20-mod_pubcookie — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_pubcookie — Empty Authentication Security Advisory Upstream summary: Nathan Dors, Pubcookie Project reports: An Abuse of Functionality vulnerability in the Pubcookie authentication process was found. This vulnerability allows an attacker […]

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FreeBSD 12 — xapian-omega — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — xapian-omega — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xapian-omega — cross-site scripting vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-2947 Upstream summary: Olly Betts reports: There's a cross-site scripting issue in Omega – exception messages don't currently get HTML entities escaped, but […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — cdf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cdf3 — Buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2080 Upstream summary: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center reports: The libraries for the scientific data file format, Common Data Format (CDF) version 3.2 […]

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