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FreeBSD 12 — linux-shoutcast — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-shoutcast — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: shoutcast — cross-site scripting, information exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2006-3007 Upstream summary: Goober's advisory reports reports that shoutcast is vulnerable to an arbitrary file reading vulnerability: Impact of the vulnerability depends […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — pam_radius — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:0870-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9542 Upstream summary: add_password in pam_radius_auth.c in pam_radius 1.4.0 does not correctly check the length of the input password, and is vulnerable to a stack-based […]

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FreeBSD 12 — plexhometheater — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — plexhometheater — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6761 CVE-2015-6818 CVE-2015-6819 CVE-2015-6820 CVE-2015-6821 CVE-2015-6822 CVE-2015-6823 CVE-2015-6824  +11 more Upstream summary: NVD reports: The ff_dwt_decode function in libavcodec/jpeg2000dwt.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.4 does […]

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How to Configure Active Directory Replication on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Active Directory Replication on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Active Directory Replication Active Directory is a distributed database. In a multi-domain-controller environment, changes made on one DC must propagate to all other DCs in the domain. This process is called replication. Windows Server 2019 uses two replication topologies: intrasite replication (within a site, using RPCs over TCP/IP, triggered within seconds) and intersite […]

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Debian 9 — ntfs-3g — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — ntfs-3g — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 November 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9755 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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How to Install VictoriaMetrics as a Prometheus Alternative on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install VictoriaMetrics as a Prometheus Alternative on RHEL 8

VictoriaMetrics is a fast, cost-efficient time-series database designed as a drop-in replacement for Prometheus storage. It supports the full Prometheus remote_write protocol, exposes its own MetricsQL query language (fully compatible with PromQL), and operates as a single binary with no external dependencies. On RHEL 8, the installation takes under five minutes and the memory footprint […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python-jinja2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python-jinja2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1152)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 November 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1152 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10906 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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Debian 9 — ruby2.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — ruby2.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 November 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9096 CVE-2017-0898 CVE-2017-17405 CVE-2018-16395 CVE-2019-15845 CVE-2019-8320 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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How to Configure PHP-FPM on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PHP-FPM on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure PHP-FPM on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper refresh && […]

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