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FreeBSD 12 — kf5-kconfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kf5-kconfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: KDE Frameworks — malicious .desktop files execute code Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14744 Upstream summary: The KDE Community has released a security announcement: The syntax Key[$e]=$(shell command) in *.desktop files.directory files, and […]

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How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator 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: zypper […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py32-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py32-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-djblets — Self-XSS vulnerability Upstream summary: Djblets Release Notes reports: A recently-discovered vulnerability in the datagrid templates allows an attacker to generate a URL to any datagrid page containing malicious […]

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FreeBSD 12 — timidity++-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — timidity++-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: TiMidity++ — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11546 CVE-2017-11547 CVE-2017-11549 Upstream summary: qflb.wu of DBAPPSecurity reports: Ihe insert_note_steps function in readmidi.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 can cause a denial of service(divide-by-zero error […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: hsftp format string vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Ulf Härnhammar discovered a format string bug in hsftp's file listing code may allow a malicious server to cause arbitrary code execution by the […]

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How to Set Up ZFS on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up ZFS on RHEL 7

How to Set Up ZFS on RHEL 7 ZFS (Zettabyte File System) originated at Sun Microsystems and is widely regarded as the most feature-rich and reliable open-source file system available. It combines volume management, RAID, checksumming, copy-on-write snapshots, deduplication, and transparent compression into a single unified stack. The ZFS on Linux (ZoL) project brings these […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nwclient — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2001-0910 CVE-2002-0113 CVE-2002-0114 Upstream summary: Insecure file permissions, network access control and DNS usage put systems that use Legato NetWorker at risk. When the […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXp6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXp6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1102-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2062 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXp 1.0.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-netscape-communicator — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-netscape-communicator — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libpng stack-based buffer overflow and other code concerns Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0597 CVE-2004-0598 CVE-2004-0599 Upstream summary: Chris Evans has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in libpng, which can be exploited by malicious people […]

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How to Set Up PostgreSQL Streaming Replication on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up PostgreSQL Streaming Replication on RHEL 7

How to Set Up PostgreSQL Streaming Replication on RHEL 7 PostgreSQL streaming replication allows a standby server to continuously receive and apply WAL (Write-Ahead Log) records from a primary server in near real time, maintaining an up-to-date hot standby copy of the database. This is the foundation of high availability and read scaling strategies in […]

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