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How to Configure SLES 16 in Google Cloud — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SLES 16 in Google Cloud

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure SLES 16 in Google Cloud 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: zypper refresh […]

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How to Manage Users and Groups on SLES 16 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage Users and Groups on SLES 16

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Manage Users and Groups 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: zypper […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — py-gi-docgen — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — py-gi-docgen — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2025-11687 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged py{27,310,311,312,313,314}-gi-docgen<2025.5 for vulnerability class 'cross-site-scripting'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11687 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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How to Set Up WireGuard VPN on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up WireGuard VPN on FreeBSD 15

Introduction Deploying set up wireguard vpn 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 […]

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How to Install and Configure Samba File Server on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Samba File Server on FreeBSD 15

Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install and configure samba file server on FreeBSD 15 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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How to Scan for Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS on Oracle Linux 10 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Scan for Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS on Oracle Linux 10

Introduction How to Scan for Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS on Oracle Linux 10 on Oracle Linux 10 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — tracker-miners — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — tracker-miners — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2026-1580 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-1764 CVE-2026-1765 CVE-2026-1766 CVE-2026-1767 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in GNOME localsearch MP3 Extractor. When processing specially crafted MP3 files containing ID3v2.4 tags, a missing bounds […]

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

FreeBSD 15 — linux_base-suse — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: zlib — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1849 CVE-2005-1920 Upstream summary: Problem description A fixed-size buffer is used in the decompression of data streams. Due to erronous analysis performed when […]

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FreeBSD 15 — php-suhosin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — php-suhosin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — open_basedir Race Condition Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5178 Upstream summary: Stefan Esser reports: PHP's open_basedir feature is meant to disallow scripts to access files outside a set of configured […]

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Windows Server 2025 — KB5055547 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2025

Windows Server 2025 — KB5055547 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2025 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5055547 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2025-26663 CVE-2025-26686 CVE-2025-26670 CVE-2025-27491 CVE-2025-26665 CVE-2025-26669 CVE-2025-26668 CVE-2025-26687  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2025 Microsoft summary: Use after free in Windows LDAP – Lightweight […]

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