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Ubuntu 16.04 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5023-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 CVE-2019-17544 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a […]

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Alpine Linux edge — ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.8-r5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ctags 5.8-r5 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7204 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships ctags 5.8-r5 which addresses CVE-2014-7204. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9316 CVE-2014-9317 CVE-2014-9603 CVE-2014-9604 CVE-2015-1872 CVE-2015-3395 CVE-2015-3417 CVE-2015-6761  +12 more Upstream summary: NVD reports: An issue was discovered in the FFmpeg package, where vp3_decode_frame […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — squidGuard — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — squidGuard — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2010:014 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3700 CVE-2009-3826 CVE-2015-8936 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in sgLog.c in squidGuard 1.3 and 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang […]

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How to Install Memcached on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Memcached on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Memcached 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: zypper refresh && […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python-bugzilla — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python-bugzilla — vulnerability — 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-2013-2191 Upstream summary: python-bugzilla before 0.9.0 does not validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof Bugzilla servers via a crafted certificate. Table of […]

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How to Configure Apache with mod_security on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Apache with mod_security on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure Apache with mod_security 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: zypper […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem20-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem20-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygem-dragonfly — arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1756 Upstream summary: Mark Evans reports: Unfortnately there is a security vulnerability in Dragonfly when used with Rails which would potentially allow an […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — doxygen — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — doxygen — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2020-1508 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10245 Upstream summary: Insufficient sanitization of the query parameter in templates/html/search_opensearch.php could lead to reflected cross-site scripting or iframe injection. (CVE-2016-10245) Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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How to Monitor Nginx Access Logs with GoAccess on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Nginx Access Logs with GoAccess on RHEL 7

Nginx access logs contain a wealth of information about who is visiting your site, which URLs are being requested, what errors users encounter, and where your traffic originates. Raw log files are difficult to interpret at a glance, but GoAccess transforms them into actionable, visually rich reports in seconds — either in the terminal for […]

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