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DNF Metadata Expired Causing Slow or Failed Updates

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php5-sqlite — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-sqlite — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — use-after-free vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0905 CVE-2007-0906 CVE-2007-0907 CVE-2007-0908 CVE-2007-0909 CVE-2007-0910 CVE-2007-0988 CVE-2007-1001  +1 more Upstream summary: Symeon Paraschoudis reports: Use-after-free vulnerability in sqlite3SafetyCheckSickOrOk() Table of contents Symptom & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgme0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcpd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

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 […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — htslib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

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 […]

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How to Set Up a Highly Available Web Stack with Keepalived on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

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 […]

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Python slice string — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

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 […]

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

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 […]

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