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How to Configure GELI Disk Encryption on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure GELI Disk Encryption on FreeBSD 13

Introduction FreeBSD 13 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure geli disk encryption on freebsd 13 on FreeBSD 13 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 […]

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Python for loop — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

Python for loop

Let’s explore the Python for loop in detail and learn to iterate over different sequences including lists, tuples, and more.

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2021-39087 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2021-39087 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-39087, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-39087 NVD summary: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.3.5, 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.0.4, and 6.1.1.0 through 6.1.1.1 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive […]

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FreeBSD 13 — gtk-vnc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — gtk-vnc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gtk-vnc — bounds checking vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5884 CVE-2017-5885 Upstream summary: Daniel P. Berrange reports: CVE-2017-5884 – fix bounds checking for RRE, hextile and copyrect encodings CVE-2017-5885 – fix color […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtx11extras — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtx11extras — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4172 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3481 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: adwaita-qt (1.2.1), python-qt5 (5.15.0), qgnomeplatform (0.7.1), qt5 […]

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FreeBSD 13 — cvs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — cvs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cvs — Remote code execution via ssh command injection Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12836 Upstream summary: Hank Leininger reports: Bugs in Git, Subversion, and Mercurial were just announced and patched which allowed […]

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FreeBSD 13 — faad — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — faad — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: faad2 — heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4201 Upstream summary: CVE reports: Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeMP4file function (frontend/main.c) in FAAD2 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause […]

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Debian 11 — feynmf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — feynmf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5940 Upstream summary: feynmf.pl in feynmf 1.08, as used in TeXLive 2007, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on […]

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