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How to Set Up a SonarQube Server on SLES 16 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a SonarQube Server on SLES 16

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up a SonarQube Server on SLES 16 on SLES 16. SLES 16 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 16 system is up to date: […]

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How to Install Keepalived for High Availability on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Keepalived for High Availability on FreeBSD 15

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Keepalived for High Availability on FreeBSD 15 on FreeBSD 15. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for […]

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FreeBSD 15 — zabbix3-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — zabbix3-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Zabbix — Remote code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2824 CVE-2020-11800 Upstream summary: Zabbix reports: Fixed security vulnerability cve-2020-11800 (remote code execution). (ZBX-17600) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2026-1570 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-27856 CVE-2026-27857 CVE-2026-27858 CVE-2024-23184 CVE-2024-23185 Upstream summary: Doveadm credentials are verified using direct comparison which is susceptible to timing oracle attack. An attacker can use this to […]

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FreeBSD 15 — openzfs-kmod — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — openzfs-kmod — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: sysutils/openzfs-kmod — critical permissions issues Upstream summary: Andrew Walker reports: Issue 1: Users are always granted permissions to cd into a directory. The check for whether execute is present on […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — ImageMagick — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — ImageMagick — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2026-1611 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-33899 CVE-2026-33905 CVE-2026-33908 CVE-2026-40169 CVE-2026-40310 CVE-2026-40311 CVE-2026-28493 CVE-2026-28494  +12 more Upstream summary: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions […]

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How to Configure dnsmasq on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure dnsmasq on FreeBSD 15

Introduction Deploying configure dnsmasq on a FreeBSD 15 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard base + ports approach so […]

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FreeBSD 15 — yii — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — yii — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: yii — Remote arbitrary PHP code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4672 Upstream summary: Yii PHP Framework developers report: We are releasing Yii 1.1.15 to fix a security issue found in 1.1.14. […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py314-wheel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py314-wheel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wheel — CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Related CVEs: CVE-2026-24049 Upstream summary: https://github.com/pypa/wheel/security/advisories/GHSA-8rrh-rw8j-w5fx reports: wheel is a command line tool for manipulating Python […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — maven-source-plugin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — maven-source-plugin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2025:9318 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10086 CVE-2025-48734 Upstream summary: The javapackages-tools packages provide macros and scripts to support Java packaging. Security Fix(es): * apache-commons-beanutils: does not suppresses the class property in PropertyUtilsBean by default […]

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