Security Hardening

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — kdirstat — 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-2014:0930-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-2528 Upstream summary: kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.3 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via […]

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How to Configure AppArmor in Complain Mode on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure AppArmor in Complain Mode on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure AppArmor in Complain Mode 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. Step 1 — Check AppArmor Status systemctl status apparmor aa-status […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ghostscript9-agpl-base — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ghostscript9-agpl-base — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — exploitable buffer overflow in (T)BCP in PS interpreter Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3228 CVE-2018-15908 CVE-2018-15909 CVE-2018-15910 CVE-2018-15911 CVE-2019-14811 CVE-2019-14812 CVE-2019-14813  +4 more Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: In Artifex Ghostscript through […]

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FreeBSD 12 — freeciv-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — freeciv-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: freeciv — Denial of Service Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-0047 CVE-2006-3913 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in Freeciv, which can be exploited by malicious people to […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — viewcvs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: viewcvs — information leakage Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0915 Upstream summary: The hide_cvsroot and forbidden configuration options are not properly honored by viewcvs when exporting to a tar file which can lead […]

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How to Set Up Consul Service Mesh on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Consul Service Mesh on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up Consul Service Mesh on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster 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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Arch Linux — audiofile — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — audiofile — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201708-9 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6839 CVE-2017-6838 CVE-2017-6837 CVE-2017-6836 CVE-2017-6835 CVE-2017-6834 CVE-2017-6833 CVE-2017-6832  +5 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.3.6-3. Fixed in: 0.3.6-4. Group: AVG-205. Table of contents […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — phpMyAdmin-php — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: phpMyAdmin — XSS vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15605 CVE-2019-12616 CVE-2020-5504 Upstream summary: phpMyAdmin Team reports: PMASA-2023-1 XSS vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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SLES 15 — libqb0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libqb0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:1791-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12779 Upstream summary: libqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and […]

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