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Alpine Linux edge — libid3tag — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — libid3tag — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.16.2-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libid3tag 0.16.2-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11550 CVE-2017-11551 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships libid3tag 0.16.2-r0 which addresses CVE-2017-11550. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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How To Use Java HttpURLConnection for HTTP GET and POST Requests — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Java HttpURLConnection for HTTP GET and POST Requests

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/java-httpurlconnection-example-java-http-request-get-post/ Introduction The HttpURLConnection class from java.net package can be used to send a Java HTTP Request programmatically. In this article, you will learn how to use HttpURLConnection in a Java program to send GET and POST requests and then print the response. Prerequisites For this HttpURLConnection example, you should have completed the [Spring […]

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How to Configure Bacula Backup on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Bacula Backup on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure Bacula Backup on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

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How To Set Up Time Synchronization on Debian 9 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Time Synchronization on Debian 9

Accurate timekeeping has become a critical component of modern software deployments. Whether it’s making sure logs are recorded in the right order or database updates are applied correctly, out-of-sync time can cause errors, data corruption, and other hard to debug…

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FreeBSD 12 — postgresql95-contrib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — postgresql95-contrib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PostgreSQL — minor security problems. Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2193 CVE-2016-3065 Upstream summary: PostgreSQL project reports: Security Fixes for RLS, BRIN This release closes security hole CVE-2016-2193 (https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2193), where a query plan […]

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How to Install Composer on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Composer on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying install composer on freebsd 12 on a FreeBSD 12 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard base + […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ksh93-devel — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ksh93-devel — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ksh93 — certain environment variables interpreted as arithmetic expressions on startup, leading to code injection Upstream summary: Upstream ksh93 maintainer Siteshwar Vashisht reports: A flaw was found in the way […]

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