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FreeBSD 12 — libpurple — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libpurple — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libpurple/pidgin — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1373 CVE-2009-1374 CVE-2009-1375 CVE-2009-1376 CVE-2009-2694 CVE-2010-0277 CVE-2010-0420 CVE-2010-0423  +11 more Upstream summary: The pidgin development team reports: . Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Java JSON Example — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

Java JSON Example

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/java-json-example/ Welcome to the Java JSON Example Tutorial. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is text-based lightweight technology for generating human readable formatted data. JSON represent object data in the form of key-value pairs. We can have nested JSON objects too and it provides an easy way to represent arrays also. Java JSON ![java json, java […]

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How to Add a Sudo User on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Add a Sudo User on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Add a Sudo User on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: zypper […]

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FreeBSD 12 — drm-current-kmod — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — drm-current-kmod — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: drm graphics drivers — potential information disclusure via local access Related CVEs: CVE-2019-0154 CVE-2019-11112 CVE-2019-14615 Upstream summary: Intel reports: .A potential security vulnerability in Intel(R) Processor Graphics may allow information […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — bzip2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — bzip2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4038-4 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1834494 CVE-2016-3189 CVE-2019-12900 Upstream summary: USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced a regression causing bzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some files. This […]

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Java File Path, Absolute Path and Canonical Path — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

Java File Path, Absolute Path and Canonical Path

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/java-file-path-absolute-canonical/ Today we will look into the Java file path. Java File path can be abstract, absolute or canonical. Java File Path java.io.File contains three methods for determining the file path, we will explore them in this tutorial. getPath(): This file path method returns the abstract pathname as String. If String pathname is used […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — icu — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — icu — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5133-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-21913 CVE-2020-10531 CVE-2017-15422 CVE-2017-14952 CVE-2017-7867 CVE-2017-7868 CVE-2014-9911 CVE-2015-4844  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that ICU contains a use after free issue. An attacker could use […]

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SLES 12 — v4l-conf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — v4l-conf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 May 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:1712-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13696 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107. The function dev_open() in v4l-conf.c does not perform sufficient checks to prevent an […]

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Arch Linux — libraw — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — libraw — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201805-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10529 CVE-2018-10528 CVE-2017-14265 CVE-2017-13735 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.18.9-1. Fixed in: 0.18.10-1. Group: AVG-681. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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