Security Hardening

openSUSE Tumbleweed — mysql-workbench — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — mysql-workbench — 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-2017-3469 Upstream summary: Vulnerability in the MySQL Workbench component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Workbench: Security : Encryption). Supported versions that are affected are 6.3.8 and […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libressl-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libressl-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: LibreSSL — overwrite and -read vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2105 CVE-2016-2106 CVE-2016-2107 CVE-2016-2108 CVE-2016-2109 CVE-2016-2176 CVE-2016-2178 CVE-2016-6309  +8 more Upstream summary: The LibreSSL project reports: An incorrect length check can result […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-nas-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-nas-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nas — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4256 CVE-2013-4257 CVE-2013-4258 Upstream summary: Hamid Zamani reports: multiple security problems (buffer overflows, format string vulnerabilities and missing input sanitising), which could lead to […]

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SLES 15 — libtag1 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libtag1 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 August 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12678 CVE-2012-2396 Upstream summary: In TagLib 1.11.1, the rebuildAggregateFrames function in id3v2framefactory.cpp has a pointer to cast vulnerability, which allows remote attackers to cause a […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libsamplerate0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libsamplerate0 — 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-2008-5008 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in src/src_sinc.c in Secret Rabbit Code (aka SRC or libsamplerate) before 0.1.4, when "extreme low conversion ratios" are used, allows […]

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SLES 15 — libunbound2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libunbound2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 August 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8602 CVE-2017-15105 Upstream summary: iterator.c in NLnet Labs Unbound before 1.5.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of […]

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Common Problems 118476

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – system drops to initramfs busybox shell

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu 16.04.7 📖 ~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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — pcre — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — pcre — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PCRE2: heap-buffer-overflow read in match_ref due to missing boundary restoration in SCS Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2491 CVE-2007-1659 CVE-2007-1660 CVE-2007-1661 CVE-2007-1662 CVE-2007-4766 CVE-2007-4767 CVE-2007-4768  +9 more Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: The PCRE2 […]

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How to Install Docker Engine on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Docker Engine on RHEL 7

How to Install Docker Engine on RHEL 7 Docker Engine is the industry-standard container runtime that allows you to build, ship, and run applications inside isolated containers. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, installing Docker CE (Community Edition) requires a few extra steps compared to other distributions because RHEL 7 ships with its own container […]

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Common Problems 115494

sshd Fails to Start After Configuration Change

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 August 2019 📖 ~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 Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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