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SLES 12 — ksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — ksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:2756-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14868 Upstream summary: In ksh version 20120801, a flaw was found in the way it evaluates certain environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mariadb55-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mariadb55-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MariaDB — Vulnerability in C API Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3194 CVE-2015-4792 CVE-2015-4802 CVE-2015-4807 CVE-2015-4815 CVE-2015-4826 CVE-2015-4830 CVE-2015-4836  +12 more Upstream summary: MariaDB reports: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with […]

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How To Convert Strings to Integers in Python 3 — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Convert Strings to Integers in Python 3

Strings can be converted to integers by using the int() method. If your string does not have decimal places, you’ll most likely want to convert it to an integer by using the int() method. In this quick tutorial, you’ll learn how to convert a string to an integer.

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How to Deploy a Ruby on Rails Application on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Ruby on Rails Application on RHEL 7

How to Deploy a Ruby on Rails Application on RHEL 7 Ruby on Rails is a full-featured web application framework that follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern and emphasizes convention over configuration. Deploying a Rails application on RHEL 7 in a production-grade configuration requires several components working together: Rails itself running under Puma (a multi-threaded Ruby […]

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How To Address Crashes in MySQL — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Address Crashes in MySQL

The most common cause of crashes in MySQL is that it stopped or failed to start due to insufficient memory. To check this, you will need to review the MySQL error log after a crash. First, attempt to start the MySQL server by typing: sudo systemctl start mysql Then…

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — hunspell — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:1717-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16707 Upstream summary: Hunspell 1.7.0 has an invalid read operation in SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring in suggestmgr.cxx. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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OpenBSD 7.4 — tmux — errata 005_tmux — reliability fix — syspatch and remediation — diagnosis and fix on OpenBSD 7.4

OpenBSD 7.4 — tmux — errata 005_tmux — reliability fix — syspatch and remediation

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: OpenBSD 7.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: OpenBSD 7.4 errata 005_tmux Errata topic: Reliability: tmux (All architectures) Issued: November 21, 2023 Upstream summary: Overlong sequences of UTF-8 combining characters could crash tmux(1). Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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How to Configure PostgreSQL Replication on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PostgreSQL Replication on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure PostgreSQL Replication on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: zypper refresh […]

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