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

FreeBSD 12 — mcweject — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 March 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mcweject — exploitable buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2007-1719 Upstream summary: CVE reports: Buffer overflow in eject.c in Jason W. Bacon mcweject 0.9 on FreeBSD, and possibly other versions, allows local […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — prozilla — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 March 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ProZilla — server response buffer overflow vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1120 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been reported to exist in this software package. The vulnerabilities can be triggered by […]

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Gentoo Linux — media-libs/libmediainfo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — media-libs/libmediainfo — 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-202405-09 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaInfo and MediaInfoLib. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — libxml2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libxml2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4479)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 March 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4479 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7595 CVE-2019-20388 CVE-2019-19956 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 Install Jenkins on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Jenkins on Debian 10

Introduction How to Install Jenkins 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 10. This tutorial […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — libsndfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libsndfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-1636)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 March 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1636 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-13139 CVE-2018-19662 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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Arch Linux — gstreamer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gstreamer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201702-7 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5838 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.10.2-1. Fixed in: 1.10.3-1. Group: AVG-167. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Debian 9 — libvirt — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — libvirt — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 March 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000256 CVE-2018-1064 CVE-2019-10161 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 Install MySQL 8 on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install MySQL 8 on RHEL 8

MySQL 8 is one of the most widely deployed relational database systems in the world, offering robust performance, strong security features, and broad application compatibility. On RHEL 8, MySQL is not included in the default AppStream modules, so you must add the official MySQL community repository before installing. This guide walks through adding the MySQL […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2019-4681 — xss — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2019-4681 — xss — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 30 March 2020 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2019-4681, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2019-4681 NVD summary: IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.0.17 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web […]

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