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How to Configure Apache mod_security on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Apache mod_security 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 apache mod_security 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libboinc7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libboinc7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2009:003 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0126 Upstream summary: The decrypt_public function in lib/crypt.cpp in the client in Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) 6.2.14 and 6.4.5 does not check […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — gsl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — gsl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6472-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35357 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNU Scientific Library incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially […]

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Python 2 vs Python 3: Practical Considerations — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

Python 2 vs Python 3: Practical Considerations

Python is an extremely readable and versatile programming language. While Python 2.7 and Python 3 share many similar capabilities, they should not be thought of as entirely interchangeable. This article will take you through the key differences to consider when choosing on whether to work in Python 2 or Python 3 for your development projects.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — postgresql-common — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — postgresql-common — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4194-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3466 Upstream summary: Rich Mirch discovered that the postgresql-common pg_ctlcluster script incorrectly handled directory creation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. Table […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXfixes3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXfixes3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1097-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1983 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes 5.0 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via […]

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