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Ubuntu 18.04 — hibagent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — hibagent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6493-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2043739 Upstream summary: USN-6493-1 fixed a vulnerability in hibagent. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: On […]

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How to Configure Nginx with ModSecurity WAF on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx with ModSecurity WAF on RHEL 8

ModSecurity is not limited to Apache — it can also protect Nginx deployments through a dedicated dynamic module called ngx_http_modsecurity_module. The module embeds the ModSecurity v3 library directly into Nginx’s request processing pipeline, enabling the same OWASP Core Rule Set that Apache users rely on. On RHEL 8, Nginx is available from the AppStream module […]

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How To Run Multiple Functions Concurrently in Go — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Run Multiple Functions Concurrently in Go

To run programs faster, a programmer needs to design their programs to run at the same time. Two features in Go, goroutines and channels, make concurrency easier when used together. Goroutines solve the difficulty of setting up and running concurrent code in a program, and channels solve the difficulty of safely communicating between the code running concurrently.

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

FreeBSD 12 — chromium-npapi — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 26 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: chromium — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1212 CVE-2015-1213 CVE-2015-1214 CVE-2015-1215 CVE-2015-1216 CVE-2015-1217 CVE-2015-1218 CVE-2015-1219  +12 more Upstream summary: Google Chrome Releases reports: 5 security fixes in this release, including: [698622] […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 SMB File Server Latency Spikes During Backup Window – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — mp3gain — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — mp3gain — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2020:0522-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12911 CVE-2019-18359 Upstream summary: The "apetag.c" file in MP3Gain 1.5.2.r2 has a vulnerability which results in a stack memory corruption when opening a crafted MP3 […]

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How to Manage Systemd Services on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage Systemd Services on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Manage Systemd Services 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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