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openSUSE Tumbleweed — koan — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — koan — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — 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-2021:0046-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4953 CVE-2012-2395 CVE-2016-9605 CVE-2014-3225 Upstream summary: The set_mgmt_parameters function in item.py in cobbler before 2.2.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py35-django-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py35-django-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: django — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2048 CVE-2016-2512 CVE-2016-2513 Upstream summary: Tim Graham reports: Malicious redirect and possible XSS attack via user-supplied redirect URLs containing basic auth User enumeration through […]

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Debian 9 — apache-log4j1.2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — apache-log4j1.2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 June 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17571 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libmikmod3 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libmikmod3 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:1471-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2546 CVE-2009-3995 CVE-2009-3996 CVE-2007-6720 Upstream summary: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in loaders/load_it.c in libmikmod, possibly 3.1.12, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via […]

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Debian 9 — curl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — curl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 June 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000100 CVE-2017-1000257 CVE-2017-8816 CVE-2018-1000007 CVE-2018-1000120 CVE-2018-1000301 CVE-2018-14618 CVE-2018-16839  +2 more Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — findutils — 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-2007-2452 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute […]

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How to Set Up K3s Lightweight Kubernetes on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up K3s Lightweight Kubernetes on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up K3s Lightweight Kubernetes 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. Step 1 — Disable Swap swapoff -a sed -i ‘/ […]

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FreeBSD 12 — dcraw-m — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — dcraw-m — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dcraw — integer overflow condition Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3885 Upstream summary: ocert reports: The dcraw tool, as well as several other projects re-using its code, suffers from an integer overflow condition […]

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How to Install Nomad on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Nomad on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Install Nomad 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 filtering, and […]

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