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FreeBSD 13 — linux_base-c6_ — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux_base-c6_ — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: glibc — getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7547 Upstream summary: Fabio Olive Leite reports: A stack-based buffer overflow was found in libresolv when invoked from nss_dns, allowing specially crafted […]

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Understanding Package Visibility in Go — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

Understanding Package Visibility in Go

Visibility in the Go programming language means the file space from which a package or other construct can be referenced. In this article, you will learn how to control package visibility, as well as how to protect parts of your code that should only be used inside your package. To do this, we will create a basic logger to log and debug messages, using packages with varying degrees of item visibility.

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FreeBSD 13 — py39-twisted — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py39-twisted — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-twisted — cookie and authorization headers are leaked when following cross-origin redirects Upstream summary: Twisted developers report: Cookie and Authorization headers are leaked when following cross-origin redirects in twited.web.client.RedirectAgent and […]

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FreeBSD 13 — openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — arbitrary command execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 CVE-2007-2834 Upstream summary: iDefense reports: Remote exploitation of multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities within OpenOffice, as included in various vendors' operating […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — sympa — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — sympa — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4442-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000550 CVE-2018-1000671 CVE-2020-10936 Upstream summary: USN-4442-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Sympa. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. […]

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How to Configure BitLocker Drive Encryption on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure BitLocker Drive Encryption on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 BitLocker Drive Encryption BitLocker Drive Encryption is a built-in Windows Server 2016 feature that provides full-volume encryption to protect data at rest. When enabled, BitLocker encrypts the entire volume, preventing unauthorized access to data if drives are physically removed or a server is stolen. This guide covers enabling […]

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How To Install Wordpress and PhpMyAdmin with Docker Compose on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Docker tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install WordPress and PhpMyAdmin with Docker Compose on Ubuntu 14.04

This article provides a real-world example of using Docker Compose to install an application, in this case WordPress with PHPMyAdmin as an extra. WordPress normally runs on a LAMP stack, which means Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP. The official WordPress Docker image includes Apache and PHP for us, so the only part we have to worry about is MariaDB.

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Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-3492)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-3492 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33582 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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SLES 12 — xmlbeans — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — xmlbeans — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3875-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23926 Upstream summary: The XML parsers used by XMLBeans up to version 2.6.0 did not set the properties needed to protect the user from malicious […]

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