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FreeBSD 12 — postgresql94-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — postgresql94-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-5423 CVE-2016-5424 Upstream summary: The PostgreSQL project reports: Security Fixes nested CASE expressions + database and role names with embedded special characters CVE-2017-7484: selectivity estimators bypass […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-dns/libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-dns/libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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-202003-63 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12290 CVE-2019-18224 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU IDN Library 2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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FreeBSD 12 — bind96-base — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bind96-base — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bind — denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5166 CVE-2013-3919 CVE-2014-0591 CVE-2014-8500 CVE-2014-8680 Upstream summary: ISC reports: We have today posted updated versions of 9.9.6 and 9.10.1 to address a […]

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How to Set Up a Kubernetes Dashboard on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Kubernetes Dashboard on RHEL 8

The Kubernetes Dashboard is a web-based UI that gives cluster operators a visual overview of workloads, services, namespaces, and resource utilization without dropping into kubectl for every task. On RHEL 8 with a running Kubernetes cluster, deploying the dashboard takes only a few kubectl commands. This tutorial covers installation, creating a service account with the […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mysql55-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mysql55-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MySQL — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3194 CVE-2015-4792 CVE-2015-4802 CVE-2015-4807 CVE-2015-4815 CVE-2015-4826 CVE-2015-4830 CVE-2015-4836  +12 more Upstream summary: Oracle reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Not all listed CVE's […]

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Alpine Linux edge — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 7.0.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — qpdf 7.0.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9208 CVE-2017-9209 CVE-2017-9210 CVE-2017-11624 CVE-2017-11625 CVE-2017-11626 CVE-2017-11627 CVE-2017-12595  +1 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships qpdf 7.0.0-r0 which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mariadb104-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mariadb104-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MariaDB — Nullpointer dereference Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25032 CVE-2019-1543 CVE-2019-1547 CVE-2019-15601 CVE-2019-17543 CVE-2019-2730 CVE-2019-2731 CVE-2019-2737  +12 more Upstream summary: The MariaDB project reports: MariaDB Server is vulnerable to Denial of Service. […]

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Common Problems 118053

NTP Not Synchronizing Time on Ubuntu 18.04

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 📖 ~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 HAProxy SSL Termination on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure HAProxy SSL Termination on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure HAProxy SSL Termination 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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FreeBSD 12 — zh-unrar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zh-unrar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rar — password prompt buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0855 Upstream summary: iDefense reports: Remote exploitation of a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in RARLabs Unrar may allow an attacker […]

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