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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python311-lmdb — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python311-lmdb — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16224 CVE-2019-16225 CVE-2019-16227 CVE-2019-16226 CVE-2019-16228 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in py-lmdb 0.97. For certain values of md_flags, mdb_node_add does not properly set up […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libvncserver — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libvncserver — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libvncserver — multiple buffer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2014-6051 CVE-2014-6052 CVE-2014-6053 CVE-2014-6054 CVE-2014-6055 CVE-2016-9941 CVE-2016-9942 Upstream summary: libvnc server reports: Two unrelated buffer overflows can be used by a malicious server […]

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How to Configure SSH Hardening on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SSH Hardening on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure ssh hardening on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux distribution. […]

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FreeBSD 12 — bip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bip — vulnerability — 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: bip — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0806 Upstream summary: Julien Tinnes reports, Bip doesn't check if fd is equal or larger than FD_SETSIZE. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How To Write a Simple Shell Script on a VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Write a Simple Shell Script on a VPS

This tutorial is aimed at teaching you how to write shell scripts for the most variety of purposes. Shell scripts can be used to run multiple commands, a single command with difficult and extensive arguments, or more user friendly interfaces for distributing your work.

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How To Set Up Python 2.7.6 and 3.3.3 on CentOS 6.4 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Python 2.7.6 and 3.3.3 on CentOS 6.4

In this the cloud provider article, we are going to talk about downloading and setting up Python (versions 2.7.6 and 3.3.3) without breaking the system’s default 2.6 (or 2.4 depending on CentOS distribution) and without breaking critical system tools such as YUM which depend on the system’s default. Furthermore, we continue with setting up two popular must-have Python tools: pip and virtualenv.

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FreeBSD 12 — ja-uim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-uim — vulnerability — 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: uim — privilege escalation vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0503 Upstream summary: The uim developers reports: Masanari Yamamoto discovered that incorrect use of environment variables in uim. This bug causes privilege escalation […]

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How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure nginx as a reverse proxy on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from […]

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