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FreeBSD 12 — drupal-pubcookie — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — drupal-pubcookie — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: drupal-pubcookie — authentication may be bypassed Related CVEs: CVE-2006-4717 Upstream summary: The Drupal Project reports: It is possible for a malicious user to spoof a user's identity by bypassing the […]

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Alpine Linux edge — faad2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — faad2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.9.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — faad2 2.9.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6956 CVE-2018-20196 CVE-2018-20199 CVE-2018-20360 CVE-2018-20362 CVE-2018-19504 CVE-2018-20195 CVE-2018-20198  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships faad2 2.9.0-r0 which […]

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Debian 9 — ldm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — ldm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 January 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20373 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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Ubuntu 16.04 — fwupd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — fwupd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4395-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10759 Upstream summary: Justin Steven discovered that fwupd incorrectly handled certain signature verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to install an unsigned firmware. Table of […]

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Arch Linux — openjpeg2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — openjpeg2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202012-21 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8112 CVE-2020-6851 CVE-2020-27845 CVE-2020-27843 CVE-2020-27842 CVE-2020-27841 CVE-2020-27824 CVE-2020-27814  +2 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.3.1-2. Fixed in: 2.4.0-1. Group: AVG-1339. Table of contents […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python27:2.7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python27:2.7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-0981)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 January 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-0981 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9636 CVE-2019-7548 CVE-2019-7164 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 — unixodbc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — unixodbc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201802-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7409 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.3.4-1. Fixed in: 2.3.5-1. Group: AVG-627. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — .NET Core 3.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — .NET Core 3.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 January 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-2450 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1108 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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FreeBSD 12 — linux-phoenix — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-phoenix — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: firefox & mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0762 CVE-2004-0765 CVE-2004-0904 CVE-2004-0905 CVE-2004-0908 CVE-2004-0909 CVE-2004-1156 CVE-2004-1157  +12 more Upstream summary: A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports of multiple issues: Heap […]

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How to Configure iSCSI Target and Initiator on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure iSCSI Target and Initiator on Debian 9

Introduction How to Configure iSCSI Target and Initiator on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch 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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