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SLES 12 — openslp — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — openslp — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 4 July 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5544 CVE-2017-17833 CVE-2010-3609 CVE-2016-4912 CVE-2016-7567 Upstream summary: OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. VMware has evaluated […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdwarf1 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdwarf1 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-5041 CVE-2016-5029 CVE-2016-5033 CVE-2016-5037 CVE-2016-9480 CVE-2019-14249 Upstream summary: dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) […]

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How to Set Up a DevSecOps Pipeline on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a DevSecOps Pipeline on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up a DevSecOps Pipeline 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: […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mutt-devel-lite — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mutt-devel-lite — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mutt — Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: Mutt is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly bounds-check user-supplied […]

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FreeBSD 12 — opus-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — opus-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: vorbis-tools, opus-tools — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9638 CVE-2014-9639 CVE-2015-6749 Upstream summary: Paris Zoumpouloglou reports: I discovered an integer overflow issue in oggenc, related to the number of channels in […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: scponly — local privilege escalation exploits Upstream summary: Max Vozeler reports: If ALL the following conditions are true, administrators using scponly-4.1 or older may be at risk of a local […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — prboom-plus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — prboom-plus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0807-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20797 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in e6y prboom-plus 2.5.1.5. There is a buffer overflow in client and server code responsible for handling received […]

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How to Configure /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf and DNS Resolution on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf and DNS Resolution on RHEL 8

Reliable name resolution is essential for almost every networked service on a Linux server. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gives you several places to configure how hostnames are resolved: the static /etc/hosts file, the resolver configuration in /etc/resolv.conf, the look-up order defined in /etc/nsswitch.conf, and DNS settings managed through NetworkManager. Knowing how these layers interact […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — exempi — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — exempi — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3668-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18233 CVE-2017-18234 CVE-2017-18236 CVE-2017-18238 CVE-2018-7728 CVE-2018-7729 CVE-2018-7730 CVE-2018-7731 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user or automated system were […]

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How to Set Up a Git Server with Gitea on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Git Server with Gitea on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Set Up a Git Server with Gitea on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, […]

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