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FreeBSD 12 — apache+ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache+ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache 1.3 — mod_proxy reverse proxy exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0993 CVE-2004-0940 CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 CVE-2011-3368 Upstream summary: Apache HTTP server project reports: An exposure was found when using mod_proxy in […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — horde-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: horde-base — XSS: VCARD attachments vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-3823 CVE-2008-3824 Upstream summary: The Horde team reports: The major changes compared to Horde version 3.3.10 are: * Fixed XSS vulnerability when […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — rubygem-puppet — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — rubygem-puppet — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — 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-2011-3848 CVE-2011-3872 CVE-2012-3864 CVE-2012-3865 CVE-2012-3866 CVE-2013-3567 CVE-2013-4761 CVE-2014-3253  +2 more Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows […]

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How to Set Up BGP Routing with BIRD on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up BGP Routing with BIRD on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up bgp routing with bird on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from […]

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SLES 15 — opencv — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — opencv — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2018:1438-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18009 CVE-2019-14491 CVE-2019-14492 CVE-2019-15939 Upstream summary: In OpenCV 3.3.1, a heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function cv::HdrDecoder::checkSignature in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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SLES 12 — ksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — ksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:2756-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14868 Upstream summary: In ksh version 20120801, a flaw was found in the way it evaluates certain environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mariadb55-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mariadb55-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MariaDB — Vulnerability in C API Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3194 CVE-2015-4792 CVE-2015-4802 CVE-2015-4807 CVE-2015-4815 CVE-2015-4826 CVE-2015-4830 CVE-2015-4836  +12 more Upstream summary: MariaDB reports: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with […]

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Alpine Linux edge — xkbcomp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — xkbcomp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.5.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — xkbcomp 1.5.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15853 CVE-2018-15859 CVE-2018-15861 CVE-2018-15863 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships xkbcomp 1.5.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-15853. Table of contents Symptom […]

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How to Deploy a Ruby on Rails Application on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Ruby on Rails Application on RHEL 7

How to Deploy a Ruby on Rails Application on RHEL 7 Ruby on Rails is a full-featured web application framework that follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern and emphasizes convention over configuration. Deploying a Rails application on RHEL 7 in a production-grade configuration requires several components working together: Rails itself running under Puma (a multi-threaded Ruby […]

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