Security Hardening

FreeBSD 14 — linux-c7-libxslt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — linux-c7-libxslt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 June 2025 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libxslt — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2025-11731 CVE-2025-7424 CVE-2025-7425 CVE-2025-9714 Upstream summary: Alan Coopersmith reports: On 6/16/25 15:12, Alan Coopersmith wrote: BTW, users of libxml2 may also be using its […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — php-twig — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — php-twig — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 June 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7549-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-45411 CVE-2024-51754 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Twig did not correctly handle securing user input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Twig to […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — p5-Locale-Maketext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — p5-Locale-Maketext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged p5-Locale-Maketext<1.23 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/51498/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 June 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-41244 CVE-2025-22247 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled permissions with version checking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — perl-Test-Simple — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — perl-Test-Simple — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2026:8096 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-40909 CVE-2023-47038 Upstream summary: Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. Security Fix(es): * perl: Perl threads have a […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — cacti — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — cacti — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 June 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6969-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-25641 CVE-2024-29894 CVE-2024-31443 CVE-2024-31444 CVE-2024-31445 CVE-2024-31458 CVE-2024-31459 CVE-2024-31460  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Cacti did not properly apply checks to the "Package Import" feature. […]

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Alpine Linux edge — minio — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — minio — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.20240131.202033-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — minio 0.20240131.202033-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-24747 CVE-2020-11012 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships minio 0.20240131.202033-r0 which addresses CVE-2024-24747. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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How to Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on CentOS Stream 10 — step-by-step CentOS Stream 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on CentOS Stream 10

Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on CentOS Stream 10 on CentOS Stream 10. It is written for administrators who want a repeatable, well-explained walkthrough that goes beyond a bare command list and explains each configuration choice. Every command is tested against a freshly registered CentOS Stream 10 system with […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — samba — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — samba — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 June 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7826-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-10230 CVE-2025-9640 CVE-2023-4091 CVE-2023-4154 CVE-2023-42669 CVE-2023-42670 CVE-2022-2127 CVE-2023-3347  +12 more Upstream summary: Andrew Walker discovered that Samba incorrectly initialized memory in the vfs_streams_xattr module. An authenticated attacker […]

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Alpine Linux edge — redis — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — redis — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 8.2.3-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — redis 8.2.3-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-62507 CVE-2025-49844 CVE-2025-46817 CVE-2025-46818 CVE-2025-46819 CVE-2025-32023 CVE-2025-48367 CVE-2025-27151  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships redis 8.2.3-r0 which […]

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