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

FreeBSD 12 — jansson — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: jansson — local denial of service vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4425 Upstream summary: QuickFuzz reports: A crash caused by stack exhaustion parsing a JSON was found. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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How to Set Up a SonarQube Server on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a SonarQube Server on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up a SonarQube Server on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mcollective-puppet-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mcollective-puppet-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: puppet-agent MCollective plugin — Remote Code Execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7331 Upstream summary: Puppet reports: Puppet Enterprise previously included a puppet-agent MCollective plugin that allowed you to pass the `–server` […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0793 CVE-2013-4276 Upstream summary: cmsxform.c in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.18, as used in OpenJDK and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-c6-libsndfile — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c6-libsndfile — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libsndfile — out-of-bounds reads Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12562 CVE-2017-14245 CVE-2017-14246 CVE-2017-14634 CVE-2017-17456 CVE-2017-17457 CVE-2017-6892 CVE-2017-7585  +7 more Upstream summary: Xin-Jiang on Github reports: CVE-2017-14245 (Medium): An out of bounds read in […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — puppet — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: puppet — Silent Configuration Failure Related CVEs: CVE-2012-1906 CVE-2012-1986 CVE-2012-1987 CVE-2012-1988 CVE-2012-1989 CVE-2012-3864 CVE-2012-3865 CVE-2012-3866  +12 more Upstream summary: Puppet reports: A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent where the […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libxkbcommon — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libxkbcommon — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3786-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15853 CVE-2018-15854 CVE-2018-15855 CVE-2018-15856 CVE-2018-15857 CVE-2018-15858 CVE-2018-15859 CVE-2018-15861  +3 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libxkbcommon incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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How to Install Apache HTTP Server on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Apache HTTP Server on RHEL 7

How to Install Apache HTTP Server on RHEL 7 Apache HTTP Server is one of the most widely deployed web servers in the world, powering millions of websites and applications. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Apache (referred to in the package system as httpd) is available directly from the default RHEL repositories, making installation […]

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