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Advisories
Mar 20, 2026
Fedora 42 OpenSSH Important Info Disclosure DoS Fix FEDORA-2026-39819a3d62
CVE-2026-3497: Fix information disclosure or denial of service due to unini...
Mar 20, 2026
Fedora 42 WordPress 6.9.4 Notification 2026-675dd9b166 Unauthorized Access
Upstream announcements: WordPress 6.9.2 Release WordPress 6.9.3 and 7.0 bet...
Mar 20, 2026
Fedora 42 uxplay 1.73.3 Advisory RHBZ-2426392 Bug Fix Released
Update to 1.73.3; Fixes: RHBZ#2426392, RHBZ#2415186...
Mar 20, 2026
Fedora 42 cpp-httplib Update 0.37.1 Fixes Denial of Service 2026-6ed9c65eaf
Update to 0.37.1 (rbhz#2445943) Fixes Denial of Service via malformed Conte...
Mar 20, 2026
Fedora 43 libsoup3 Moderate Credential Leak Patch CVE-2026-1539
Add patch for CVE-2026-1539 (Also remove Proxy-Authorization header on cros...
Mar 20, 2026
Fedora 43 glib2 Critical Advisory ID 2026-5637749c07 CVE-2026-0988
Add patch for CVE-2026-0988 (Integer overflow in g_buffered_input_stream_pe...
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HOWTOs

How to Install and Set Up Snort IDS on Linux (Working Alerts in 30 Minutes)
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Outcome Checklist This guide installs Snort as a passive intrusion detection system on Linux and verifies functionality by generating a test alert.Feb 17, 2026

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