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How to Configure Bonding Network Interfaces on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Bonding Network Interfaces on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying configure bonding network interfaces on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites You will […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: uudeview buffer overflows Upstream summary: The authors of UUDeview report repairing two buffer overflows in their software. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick […]

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

SLES 15 — libmwaw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 January 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:1821-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9433 Upstream summary: Document Liberation Project libmwaw before 2017-04-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondance function in […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — miniupnpc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — miniupnpc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000494 CVE-2014-3985 Upstream summary: Uninitialized stack variable vulnerability in NameValueParserEndElt (upnpreplyparse.c) in miniupnpd < 2.0 allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — nspr — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-1533 CVE-2014-1534 CVE-2014-1536 CVE-2014-1537 CVE-2014-1540 CVE-2014-1541 CVE-2014-1542 CVE-2014-1543  +12 more Upstream summary: The Mozilla Project reports: MFSA 2015-133 NSS and NSPR memory corruption issues […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libcacard0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libcacard0 — 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-2017:1058-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6414 Upstream summary: Memory leak in the vcard_apdu_new function in card_7816.c in libcacard before 2.5.3 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of […]

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How to Set Up pf Firewall on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up pf Firewall on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Set Up pf Firewall 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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php52-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php52-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4566 CVE-2011-4885 Upstream summary: php development team reports: Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.9: Added max_input_vars directive to prevent attacks based on hash […]

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FreeBSD 12 — wget+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — wget+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wget — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1487 CVE-2004-1488 Upstream summary: Jan Minar reports that there exists multiple vulnerabilities in wget: Wget erroneously thinks that the current directory is a fair […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: age — age vulnerable to malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities causing arbitrary binary execution Upstream summary: Filippo Valsorda reports: A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an […]

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