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SLES 15 — yast2-multipath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — yast2-multipath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:3231-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17955 Upstream summary: In yast2-multipath before version 4.1.1 a static temporary filename allows local attackers to overwrite files on systems without symlink protection Table of […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python-pip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python-pip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4432)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 November 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4432 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20916 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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Arch Linux — wireshark-qt — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — wireshark-qt — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201805-25 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11362 CVE-2018-11361 CVE-2018-11360 CVE-2018-11359 CVE-2018-11358 CVE-2018-11357 CVE-2018-11356 CVE-2018-11355  +6 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.6.0-1. Fixed in: 2.6.1-1. Group: AVG-708. Table of contents […]

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How to Install and Configure SonarQube on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure SonarQube on RHEL 7

How to Install and Configure SonarQube on RHEL 7 SonarQube is an open-source platform for continuous code quality inspection and static analysis. It detects bugs, vulnerabilities, code smells, and security hotspots across dozens of programming languages, integrating naturally into CI/CD pipelines to enforce quality gates before code reaches production. On RHEL 7, setting up SonarQube […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4879 CVE-2007-5959 CVE-2008-0016 CVE-2008-0412 CVE-2008-0413 CVE-2008-0414 CVE-2008-0415 CVE-2008-0417  +12 more Upstream summary: The Mozilla Foundation reports: MFSA 2008-37 UTF-8 URL stack buffer overflow MFSA […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 November 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8791 CVE-2019-15682 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 Configure Log Rotation with logrotate on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Log Rotation with logrotate on RHEL 8

Log files grow indefinitely unless something rotates and prunes them, which will eventually fill a disk and crash your services. On RHEL 8, logrotate is installed by default and handles rotation for most system logs out of the box via a systemd timer. For application logs your team manages, you need to write a custom […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — pypy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Python — DoS via malformed XML-RPC / HTTP POST request Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0845 Upstream summary: Jan Lieskovsky reports, A denial of service flaw was found in the way Simple XML-RPC […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libzip4 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libzip4 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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-2012-1162 CVE-2012-1163 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — gitolite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gitolite — path traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4506 Upstream summary: Sitaram Chamarty reports: I'm sorry to say there is a potential path traversal vulnerability in v3. Thanks to Stephane Chazelas […]

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