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FreeBSD 12 — py311-Flask-Cors — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py311-Flask-Cors — 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: py-Flask-Cors — directory traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25032 Upstream summary: praetorian-colby-morgan reports: An issue was discovered in Flask-CORS (aka CORS Middleware for Flask) before 3.0.9. It allows ../ directory traversal […]

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RHEL 10 – SSH login delays caused by reverse DNS lookup timeouts

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: RHEL 10 RHEL 10.0 RHEL 10.1 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & […]

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How to Monitor System Resources on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor System Resources on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Monitor System Resources on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper refresh […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — spice-vdagent — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — spice-vdagent — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4617-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25650 CVE-2020-25651 CVE-2020-25652 CVE-2020-25653 Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner discovered that SPICE vdagent incorrectly handled the active_xfers hash table. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Linux Permissions Basics and How to Use Umask on a VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Linux Permissions Basics and How to Use Umask on a VPS

In this article, we will discuss how to read and manipulate Linux permissions. We will cover how to use the “umask” command to choose default permission settings, and the “chmod” command, which can change the permissions of files and directories.

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libmediainfo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libmediainfo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5237-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15395 CVE-2020-26797 Upstream summary: It was discovered that MediaInfoLib incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of […]

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How to Take a System Snapshot on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Take a System Snapshot on Debian 10

Introduction Debian 10 Buster is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up take a system snapshot on debian 10 on Buster leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Buster freeze. Follow each step carefully and […]

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