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openSUSE Tumbleweed — obs-service-set_version — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — obs-service-set_version — 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-2014-0593 Upstream summary: The set_version script as shipped with obs-service-set_version is a source validator for the Open Build Service (OBS). In versions prior to 0.5.3-1.1 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-pango — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-pango — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pango — integer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1194 Upstream summary: oCERT reports: Pango suffers from a multiplicative integer overflow which may lead to a potentially exploitable, heap overflow depending on the […]

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How to Configure PostgreSQL Remote Access on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PostgreSQL Remote Access on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure PostgreSQL Remote Access 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, pf for packet […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — npm — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: NPM — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16775 CVE-2019-16776 CVE-2019-16777 Upstream summary: NPM reports: Global node_modules Binary Overwrite Symlink reference outside of node_modules Arbitrary File Write Table of contents Symptom & […]

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How to Set Up a Ceph Storage Cluster on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Ceph Storage Cluster on RHEL 8

Ceph is a unified, distributed storage system that simultaneously provides object, block, and file storage on commodity hardware. It eliminates single points of failure through replication and erasure coding, and scales linearly by adding nodes. The cephadm tool, introduced in Ceph Octopus, simplifies cluster deployment by using containers (Podman on RHEL 8) to manage Ceph […]

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SLES 12 — gettext-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — gettext-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-IU-2020:117-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18751 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — inn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — inn — 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-2020:0234-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3692 Upstream summary: The packaging of inn on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user inn […]

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SLES 15 — terraform — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — terraform — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:0320-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19316 Upstream summary: When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state […]

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How to Install Neo4j on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Neo4j on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Neo4j 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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