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AlmaLinux 8 — liblouis — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — liblouis — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:1708 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11577 CVE-2018-11684 CVE-2018-11685 CVE-2018-12085 Upstream summary: Liblouis is an open source braille translator and back-translator named in honor of Louis Braille. It features support for computer and literary braille, […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-flask-caching — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-flask-caching — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-flask-caching — remote code execution or local privilege escalation vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33026 Upstream summary: subnix reports: The Flask-Caching extension through 2.0.2 for Flask relies on Pickle for serialization, which […]

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Debian 11 — spice-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — spice-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4425 CVE-2013-4324 CVE-2016-3066 CVE-2017-12194 CVE-2018-10873 CVE-2018-10893 CVE-2020-14355 Upstream summary: libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to […]

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How to Set Up PowerHA Geographic Mirroring on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up PowerHA Geographic Mirroring on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to set up powerha geographic mirroring on ibm aix 7.2 […]

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Debian 11 — libcommons-compress-java — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libcommons-compress-java — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2098 CVE-2018-11771 CVE-2018-1324 CVE-2019-12402 CVE-2021-35515 CVE-2021-35516 CVE-2021-35517 CVE-2021-36090  +1 more Upstream summary: Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream) in Apache Commons Compress […]

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How To Install VestaCP and Migrate User Data — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install VestaCP and Migrate User Data

The Vesta Control Panel is a free, open source control panel with website, email, database, and DNS functionalities. In this tutorial we will install the control panel on an Ubuntu or CentOS server, update the default admin interface port, and learn how…

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How to Install PostgreSQL 16 on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install PostgreSQL 16 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 install postgresql 16 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 distribution. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libpano13 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libpano13 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 August 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6163-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20307 CVE-2021-33293 Upstream summary: It was discovered that pano13 did not properly validate the prefix provided for PTcrop's output. An attacker could use this issue to cause […]

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Export Command in Linux — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Export Command in Linux

In this guide, we will look at the export command in Linux. Export is a built-in command of the Bash shell. It is used to mark variables and functions to be passed to child processes. Basically, a variable will be included in child process environments without affecting other environments. To get a clearer picture of […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — ldb — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ldb — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 August 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4888-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27840 CVE-2021-20277 CVE-2019-3824 CVE-2015-3223 CVE-2015-5330 Upstream summary: USN-4888-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ldb. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Douglas […]

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