Using Alpine.js to Enhance Your JavaScript
Learn how to use Alpine.js to build out frontend apps.
openSUSE Tumbleweed — geary — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24661 Upstream summary: GNOME Geary before 3.36.3 mishandles pinned TLS certificate verification for IMAP and SMTP services using invalid TLS certificates (e.g., self-signed certificates) when […]
FreeBSD 12 — netqmail-tls — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 29 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qmail — 64 bit integer overflows with possible remote code execution on large SMTP requests Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1513 CVE-2005-1514 CVE-2005-1515 Upstream summary: Georgi Guninski writes: There are several issues with […]
FreeBSD 12 — gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 29 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gdk-pixbuf — image decoding vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0782 CVE-2004-0783 CVE-2004-0788 Upstream summary: Chris Evans discovered several flaws in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image decoder: Heap-based overflow in pixbuf_create_from_xpm Stack-based overflow in […]
Introduction to Reactivity in Svelte
One of Svelte’s strengths is its baked-in reactivity features. Let’s explore how you can take advantage of labels in JavaScript to get reactive values.
How To Use Dokku Plugins to Access Additional Functionality
Dokku is a deployment tool that allows you to quickly get your app off the ground in a production environment. In this guide, we will discuss how to take advantage of Dokku’s plugin system in order to extend the functionality of the core application. This will allow you to add database access to your applications, and provide you with additional deployment options.
Alpine Linux edge — libupnp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.12.1-r1 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Alpine secdb entry — libupnp 1.12.1-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13848 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships libupnp 1.12.1-r1 which addresses CVE-2020-13848. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]
Ubuntu 18.04 — c3p0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 29 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5293-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5427 Upstream summary: Aaron Massey discovered that c3p0 could be made to crash when parsing certain input. An attacker able to modify the application's XML configuration file […]
Ubuntu 18.04 — xcftools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 29 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5988-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5086 CVE-2019-5087 Upstream summary: It was discovered that integer overflows vulnerabilities existed in Xcftools. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) […]
How To Deploy a Static HTML Website with Ansible on Ubuntu 20.04 (Nginx)
If you were following along with all parts of this series, at this point you should be familiar with installing system packages, applying templates, and using handlers in Ansible playbooks. In this guide, you’ll create an Ansible playbook to automate setting up a remote Nginx web server with a static HTML website.
