Change Soft Input Mode in React Native Android
Check out how to control the behavior of the screen when the keyboard is opened in Android on a React Native app.
openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgme0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2017:0022-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9957 CVE-2016-9959 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in game-music-emu before 0.6.1. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]
FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcpd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcpd — format string vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1006 Upstream summary: The ISC DHCP programs are vulnerable to several format string vulnerabilities which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary […]
Ubuntu 18.04 — htslib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4802-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000206 CVE-2018-13845 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue affected […]
How to Set Up a Highly Available Web Stack with Keepalived on RHEL 7
How to Set Up a Highly Available Web Stack with Keepalived on RHEL 7 High availability eliminates single points of failure by ensuring that if one server goes down, another takes over seamlessly. For web servers, one of the most common HA patterns is a Virtual IP (VIP) address that floats between two or more […]
Python slice string
URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/python-slice-string/ Python string supports slicing to create substring. Note that Python string is immutable, slicing creates a new substring from the source string and original string remains unchanged. Python slice string Python slice string syntax is: str_object[start_pos:end_pos:step] The slicing starts with the start_pos index (included) and ends at end_pos index (excluded). The step parameter […]
Ubuntu 14.04 — thunderbird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3927-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18506 CVE-2019-9788 CVE-2019-9790 CVE-2019-9791 CVE-2019-9792 CVE-2019-9793 CVE-2019-9795 CVE-2019-9796 +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Thunderbird allowed PAC files to specify that requests to localhost are […]
Min Heap Binary Tree
URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/min-heap-binary-tree/ A Min Heap Binary Tree is a Binary Tree where the root node has the minimum key in the tree. The above definition holds true for all sub-trees in the tree. This is called the Min Heap property. Almost every node other than the last two layers must have two children. That is, […]
Ubuntu 16.04 — opencv — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4818-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15939 CVE-2019-14491 CVE-2017-18009 CVE-2019-14492 CVE-2019-14493 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain objects, leading to a divide-by-zero. If a user were tricked […]
Gentoo Linux — media-sound/bladeenc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14648 Upstream summary: A crafted file could cause a buffer overflow in the iteration_loop function in BladeEnc. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]