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Oracle Linux 8 — bind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — bind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1714)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 August 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1714 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6471 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Debian 9 — libvpx — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — libvpx — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 August 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13194 CVE-2019-9232 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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Arch Linux — firefox-developer-edition — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — firefox-developer-edition — vulnerability — 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-201906-19 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11707 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 68.0b10-1. Fixed in: 68.0b11-1. Group: AVG-995. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Automate SLES 15 Deployment with AutoYaST — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Automate SLES 15 Deployment with AutoYaST

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Automate SLES 15 Deployment with AutoYaST 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. Step 1 — Launch YaST yast Step 2 — Use YaST from […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — plasma5-desktop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — plasma5-desktop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:0303-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8651 Upstream summary: The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a […]

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Understanding Managed Databases — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Understanding Managed Databases

Managed databases were developed to reduce the pain points commonly associated with database administration. This conceptual article outlines what managed databases are, how they can be beneficial to development teams, and some practical considerations one should make before building an application on top of one.

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Spring Boot CLI Setup and HelloWorld Example — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Spring Boot CLI Setup and HelloWorld Example

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/spring-boot-cli-setup-and-helloworld-example/ In my previous posts [“Introduction to Spring Boot”](/community/tutorials/spring-boot-tutorial) and [“Spring Boot Components and Internals”](/community/tutorials/key-components-and-internals-of-spring-boot-framework), we have discussed about Spring Boot basics and four major Spring Boot components usage. Now we will pickup one Spring Boot Component: CLI and discuss it in details. What is Spring Boot CLI? Spring Boot CLI(Command Line Interface) is […]

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How To Use Java HttpURLConnection for HTTP GET and POST Requests — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Java HttpURLConnection for HTTP GET and POST Requests

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/java-httpurlconnection-example-java-http-request-get-post/ Introduction The HttpURLConnection class from java.net package can be used to send a Java HTTP Request programmatically. In this article, you will learn how to use HttpURLConnection in a Java program to send GET and POST requests and then print the response. Prerequisites For this HttpURLConnection example, you should have completed the [Spring […]

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