Security Hardening

SLES 15 — libgme0 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libgme0 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 January 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:3250-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9957 CVE-2016-9958 CVE-2016-9959 CVE-2016-9960 CVE-2016-9961 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in game-music-emu before 0.6.1. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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SLES 12 — tidy — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — tidy — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 January 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:1513-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5522 CVE-2015-5523 CVE-2019-9022 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ParseValue function in lexer.c in tidy before 4.9.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-arch/lha — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-arch/lha — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202007-42 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1925 Upstream summary: A buffer overflow in LHa’s compression code was discovered which can be triggered by a crafted input file. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 — Cluster-Aware Updating Run Fails Mid-Wave During Cumulative Patch — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 10 January 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-gunicorn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-gunicorn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-gunicorn — CWE-113 vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000164 Upstream summary: Everardo reports: gunicorn version 19.4.5 contains a CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers vulnerability in process_headers function in […]

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How to Configure Kubernetes RBAC on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Kubernetes RBAC on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure Kubernetes RBAC 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, […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — ufraw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 January 2020 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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FreeBSD 12 — ja-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.7-rubygem-sinatra — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.7-rubygem-sinatra — 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-2018-11627 Upstream summary: Sinatra before 2.0.2 has XSS via the 400 Bad Request page that occurs upon a params parser exception. Table of contents Symptom […]

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How to Set Up SSH Key Authentication on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SSH Key Authentication on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up SSH Key Authentication on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for […]

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