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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — whois — vulnerability — 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-2011:0935-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-2483 Upstream summary: crypt_blowfish before 1.1, as used in PHP before 5.3.7 on certain platforms, PostgreSQL before 8.4.9, and other products, does not properly handle […]

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What is Git? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is Git?

Git, originally developed by Linus Torvalds in 2005, is an open source, distributed version control system used to track and manage changes within a code repository.

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Amazon Linux 2 — fuse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — fuse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2018-1123 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10906 Upstream summary: A vulnerability was discovered in fuse. When SELinux is active, fusermount is vulnerable to a restriction bypass. This allows non-root users to mount a […]

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How to Configure RAID with mdadm on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure RAID with mdadm on Debian 9

Introduction How to Configure RAID with mdadm on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 9. […]

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Alpine Linux edge — samba — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — samba — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 4.8.7-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — samba 4.8.7-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16841 CVE-2018-16851 CVE-2018-16853 CVE-2018-1139 CVE-2018-1140 CVE-2018-10858 CVE-2018-10918 CVE-2018-10919  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships samba 4.8.7-r0 which […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — atril — 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: evince and atril — command injection vulnerability in CBT handler Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000083 Upstream summary: GNOME reports: The comic book backend in evince 3.24.0 (and earlier) is vulnerable to a […]

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How to Configure Windows Server 2019 Automatic Updates — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Server 2019 Automatic Updates

How to Configure Windows Server 2019 Automatic Updates Keeping Windows Server 2019 patched is a critical security and operational requirement. Automatic Updates can be configured through multiple channels: the built-in Windows Update settings, Group Policy Objects (GPOs), registry keys, or PowerShell. This guide covers each approach in detail, including how to control update timing, classify […]

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