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openSUSE Tumbleweed — plasma5-desktop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — plasma5-desktop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:0303-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8651 Upstream summary: The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a […]

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Understanding Managed Databases — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Understanding Managed Databases

Managed databases were developed to reduce the pain points commonly associated with database administration. This conceptual article outlines what managed databases are, how they can be beneficial to development teams, and some practical considerations one should make before building an application on top of one.

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Spring Boot CLI Setup and HelloWorld Example — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Spring Boot CLI Setup and HelloWorld Example

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/spring-boot-cli-setup-and-helloworld-example/ In my previous posts [“Introduction to Spring Boot”](/community/tutorials/spring-boot-tutorial) and [“Spring Boot Components and Internals”](/community/tutorials/key-components-and-internals-of-spring-boot-framework), we have discussed about Spring Boot basics and four major Spring Boot components usage. Now we will pickup one Spring Boot Component: CLI and discuss it in details. What is Spring Boot CLI? Spring Boot CLI(Command Line Interface) is […]

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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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Alpine Linux edge — xerces-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — xerces-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.2.5-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — xerces-c 3.2.5-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1311 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships xerces-c 3.2.5-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-1311. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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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: 15 August 2019 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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Alpine Linux edge — pacman — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — pacman — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.2.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — pacman 5.2.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18183 CVE-2019-18182 CVE-2019-9686 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships pacman 5.2.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-18183. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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