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Ubuntu 16.04 — ibus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ibus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4134-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14822 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1844853 Upstream summary: USN-4134-1 fixed a vulnerability in IBus. The update caused a regression in some Qt applications and the fix was subsequently reverted in USN-4134-2. […]

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Permutations and Combinations in Python — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

Permutations and Combinations in Python

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/permutation-and-combinatios-in-python/ Permutations and Combinations of a set of elements are different arrangements of the elements of the set. Combination is a collection of the elements where the order doesn't matter Permutation is an arrangement of a set where the order does matter. Let's consider a set as : {A, B, C} The permutations of the above […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — advancecomp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — advancecomp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3936-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9210 CVE-2018-1056 Upstream summary: It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of […]

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How To Use MySQL with Your Ruby on Rails Application on CentOS 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use MySQL with Your Ruby on Rails Application on CentOS 7

Ruby on Rails uses sqlite3 as its default database, which works great in many cases, but may not be sufficient for your application. If your application requires the scalability, centralization, and control (or any other feature) that a client/server SQL database, this tutorial will show you how to do just that, with MySQL, on CentOS 7 or RHEL.

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How to Configure Remote Desktop Connection Broker on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Remote Desktop Connection Broker on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Connection Broker Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker) is the intelligence layer in a Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services deployment. It manages session reconnection, load balancing across multiple RD Session Host servers, and publishing of RemoteApp programs and virtual desktops from a centralised collection. Without […]

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SLES 15 — libldns2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libldns2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2011:1161-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-3581 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ldns_rr_new_frm_str_internal function in ldns before 1.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — file — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — file — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4374)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4374 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18218 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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How to Enable HTTP/2 with Nginx on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Enable HTTP/2 with Nginx on RHEL 7

How to Enable HTTP/2 with Nginx on RHEL 7 HTTP/2 is the major revision of the HTTP network protocol that brings multiplexed streams, header compression, and server push to web traffic. Compared to HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2 dramatically reduces page load times on sites with many assets by eliminating head-of-line blocking and reducing the overhead of repeated […]

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