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SLES 15 — openslp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — openslp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2019:723-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17833 CVE-2010-3609 CVE-2016-4912 CVE-2016-7567 Upstream summary: OpenSLP releases in the 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 code streams have a heap-related memory corruption issue which may manifest itself […]

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SLES 12 — libqt5-qtimageformats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libqt5-qtimageformats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:0705-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19871 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.11.3. There is QTgaFile Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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SLES 12 — ocaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — ocaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:0983-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-9838 CVE-2015-8869 Upstream summary: The caml_ba_deserialize function in byterun/bigarray.c in the standard library in OCaml 4.06.0 has an integer overflow which, in situations where marshalled […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — tcpdump — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — tcpdump — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-2119 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14463 CVE-2019-15167 CVE-2018-19519 Upstream summary: The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print() for VRRP version 3, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-14463. […]

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How to Configure IBM PowerVM Hypervisor on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure IBM PowerVM Hypervisor on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure ibm powervm hypervisor on ibm aix 7.1 on […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — cinepaint — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 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 Configure Resource Limits in Kubernetes on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Resource Limits in Kubernetes on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure Resource Limits in 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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How to Install Scala and sbt on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Scala and sbt on Debian 9

Introduction How to Install Scala and sbt on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 9. […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — xine — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xine — multiple remote string vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-1905 Upstream summary: c0ntexb reports: There are 2 format string bugs in the latest version of Xine that could be exploited by […]

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How to Manage Node.js Versions with nvm on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage Node.js Versions with nvm on Debian 9

Introduction How to Manage Node.js Versions with nvm on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian […]

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