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Ubuntu 18.04 — ec2-hibinit-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ec2-hibinit-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6519-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1941785 Upstream summary: The EC2 hibagent package has been updated to add IMDSv2 support, as IMDSv1 uses an insecure protocol and is no longer recommended. Table of […]

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How to Fix Python `No such file or directory` Compiler Errors When Installing Packages — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Fix Python `No such file or directory` Compiler Errors When Installing Packages

A common error that you may receive when installing Python modules is the `No such file or directory` error. This error results from Python trying to call your system compiler during module installation, and – because the paths to your system compiler are often hardcoded into Python itself – not finding the compiler files it needs. This tutorial will provide an example of this error, and the steps to fix it on multiple platforms.

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: squid — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-1999-0710 CVE-2004-0189 CVE-2004-0541 CVE-2004-0832 CVE-2004-0918 CVE-2005-0094 CVE-2005-0095 CVE-2005-0096  +12 more Upstream summary: The squid-cache project reports: Denial of Service in FTP Request/Response smuggling in […]

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Arch Linux — bchunk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — bchunk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201803-24 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15955 CVE-2017-15954 CVE-2017-15953 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.0-4. Fixed in: 1.2.2-4. Group: AVG-475. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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AXIS2 Web Services Tutorial — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

AXIS2 Web Services Tutorial

Recently I was trying to upgrade my Apache Axis2 skills from 1.3 to latest version 1.5.4 and I was not able to find out any tutorial that is self-explanatory and covering the latest release. So it forms the basis of my post for Axis2 Web Services Tutorial.

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Common Problems 121031

Network Interface Name Changed Unexpectedly

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — emil — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — emil — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Buffer overflows and format string bugs in Emil Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0152 CVE-2004-0153 Upstream summary: Ulf Härnhammar reports multiple buffer overflows in Emil, some of which are triggered during the parsing […]

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