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openSUSE Tumbleweed — spice-client — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — spice-client — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:1733-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3247 CVE-2015-5260 CVE-2015-5261 CVE-2016-0749 CVE-2016-2150 Upstream summary: Race condition in the worker_update_monitors_config function in SPICE 0.12.4 allows a remote authenticated guest user to cause a […]

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How to Configure Percona XtraBackup on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Percona XtraBackup on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure Percona XtraBackup on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. This […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — ansible — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ansible — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7330-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2104925 CVE-2015-3908 CVE-2015-6240 CVE-2016-8614 CVE-2019-10206 CVE-2019-14846 CVE-2019-14904 CVE-2020-10729  +12 more Upstream summary: USN-7330-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ansible. The update introduced a regression when attempting to install Ansible […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rsync — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rsync — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ner/rsync — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0962 CVE-2004-0426 CVE-2004-0792 CVE-2007-4091 CVE-2011-1097 CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9842  +12 more Upstream summary: The rsync project reports: Six CVEs are fixed in this release. All […]

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How To Install and Set Up Laravel with Docker Compose on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Docker tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Set Up Laravel with Docker Compose on Ubuntu 20.04

To containerize an application refers to the process of adapting an application and its components in order to be able to run it in lightweight environments known as containers. Such environments are isolated and disposable, and can be leveraged for developing, testing, and deploying applications to production. In this guide, we’ll use Docker Compose to containerize a Laravel application for development on Ubuntu 20.04.

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Arch Linux — calibre — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — calibre — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201803-8 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7889 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary command execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 3.18.0-1. Fixed in: 3.19.0-1. Group: AVG-650. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-mozillafirebird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-mozillafirebird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: firefox & mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0762 CVE-2004-0765 CVE-2004-0902 CVE-2004-0904 CVE-2004-0905 CVE-2004-0908 CVE-2004-0909 CVE-2004-1156  +12 more Upstream summary: A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports of multiple issues: Heap […]

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How to Install and Configure MinIO Object Storage on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure MinIO Object Storage on RHEL 7

How to Install and Configure MinIO Object Storage on RHEL 7 MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage server written in Go. It can run as a single-node server or in distributed mode across multiple nodes, making it suitable for everything from development environments to production-grade data lakes. Because MinIO ships as a single static […]

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