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Ubuntu 16.04 — libproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4673-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26154 CVE-2020-25219 Upstream summary: Li Fei discovered that libproxy incorrectly handled certain PAC files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute […]

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Cómo usar interfaces en Go — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

Cómo usar interfaces en Go

Escribir código flexible, reutilizable y modular es crucial para desarrollar programas versátiles. Trabajar de esta forma garantiza que se pueda facilitar el mantenimiento del código evitando la necesidad de realizar el mismo cambio en varios puntos. La forma en que esto se…

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How to Install MariaDB on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install MariaDB on Debian 9 (DEBIAN-9-2)

Introduction How to Install MariaDB 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. This tutorial […]

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How To Run Parse Server on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Run Parse Server on Ubuntu 14.04

Parse is a Mobile Backend as a Service platform. In January of 2016, Parse announced that its hosted services would shut down within a year. In order to help its users transition away from the service, Parse has released an open source version of its backend, called Parse Server. This guide supplements the official documentation with instructions for installing the Parse Server module on an Ubuntu 14.04 system, such as a cloud servers.

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fgets() and gets() in C Programming — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

fgets() and gets() in C Programming

Introduction We all are familiar with the scanf() function. It is the main function applicable to take basic user inputs. Even though scanf() works great while taking inputs such as integer, character, float etc. It certainly falls behind while taking string inputs containing whitespaces. Let's take a look at an example, #include<stdio.h> int main() { […]

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VMware ESXi 7.0 — ovf — multiple ESXi vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — VIB / vLCM patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on VMware ESXi 7.0

VMware ESXi 7.0 — ovf — multiple ESXi vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — VIB / vLCM patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 30–120 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: VMware ESXi 7.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: VMware advisory VMSA-2020-0026 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-4004 CVE-2020-4005 Fixed image profile / build: ESXi670-202011301-SG Upstream summary: An issue in OVF descriptor parsing on ESXi (CVE-2020-4004 / CVE-2020-4005) lets a malicious actor with local access […]

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