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FreeBSD 12 — py27-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py27-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: salt — multiple vulnerabilities in salt-master process Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6918 CVE-2015-6941 CVE-2015-8034 CVE-2016-1866 CVE-2016-3176 CVE-2017-12791 CVE-2017-14695 CVE-2017-14696  +5 more Upstream summary: F-Secure reports: CVE-2020-11651 – Authentication bypass vulnerabilities The ClearFuncs […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 – Kernel crash loop after cumulative update – Fix and Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 & Hardening Related […]

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Understanding Sockets — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Understanding Sockets

Sockets are a way to enable inter-process communication between programs running on a server, or between programs running on separate servers. Communication between servers relies on *network sockets*, which use the Internet Protocol (IP) to encapsulate and handle sending and receiving data.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — zziplib — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — zziplib — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-6298-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7727 CVE-2020-18442 CVE-2018-6381 CVE-2018-6484 CVE-2018-6540 CVE-2018-6541 CVE-2018-6869 CVE-2018-7725  +1 more Upstream summary: Liu Zhu discovered that ZZIPlib incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated […]

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How to Set Up GitLab CE on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up GitLab CE on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction Setting up set up gitlab ce on oracle linux 8 on a Oracle Linux 8 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Set Up GitLab CE on Oracle Linux 8, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to […]

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Python map() function — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

Python map() function

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/python-map-function/ Python map() function is used to apply a function on all the elements of specified iterable and return map object. Python map object is an [iterator](/community/tutorials/python-iterator), so we can iterate over its elements. We can also convert map object to sequence objects such as [list](/community/tutorials/python-list), [tuple](/community/tutorials/python-tuple) etc. using their factory functions. Python map() […]

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SLES 15 — kubernetes-client — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — kubernetes-client — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2020:783-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15106 CVE-2020-15112 CVE-2020-8557 CVE-2020-8565 CVE-2020-8566 CVE-2020-15184 CVE-2020-15185 CVE-2020-15186  +1 more Upstream summary: In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, a large slice causes panic in […]

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