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Debian 9 — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 February 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10162 CVE-2019-3871 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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How to Enable Brotli Compression on Nginx on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Enable Brotli Compression on Nginx on Debian 10

Introduction How to Enable Brotli Compression on Nginx 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — openmpt123 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — openmpt123 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-2017-11311 CVE-2018-10017 CVE-2018-11710 CVE-2018-20860 CVE-2018-20861 CVE-2019-14382 CVE-2019-14383 CVE-2019-17113 Upstream summary: soundlib/Load_psm.cpp in OpenMPT through 1.26.12.00 and libopenmpt before 0.2.8461-beta26 has a heap buffer overflow with […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — giflib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: giflib — heap overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7555 Upstream summary: Hans Jerry Illikainen reports: A heap overflow may occur in the giffix utility included in giflib-5.1.1 when processing records of the […]

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Gentoo Linux — media-libs/libvorbis — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — media-libs/libvorbis — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202003-36 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14160 CVE-2018-10392 CVE-2018-10393 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libvorbis. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — smarty — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — smarty — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: smarty3 — shell injection in math Upstream summary: The smarty project reports: bugfix {math} shell injection vulnerability Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — byobu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — byobu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5234-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7306 Upstream summary: Sander Bos discovered that Byobu incorrectly handled certain Apport data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of contents […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-python/pypy-exe-bin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-python/pypy-exe-bin — 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-202409-12 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27619 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in pypy. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — httpd:2.4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — httpd:2.4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-0980)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 February 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-0980 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-0215 CVE-2019-0211 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — virt:ol and virt-devel:ol — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — virt:ol and virt-devel:ol — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-0711)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-0711 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35517 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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