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OpenBSD 7.6 — expat — errata 022_expat — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — syspatch and remediation — diagnosis and fix on OpenBSD 7.6

OpenBSD 7.6 — expat — errata 022_expat — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — syspatch and remediation

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: OpenBSD 7.6 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: OpenBSD 7.6 errata 022_expat Errata topic: Security: expat (All architectures) Issued: September 30, 2025 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-8176 CVE-2025-59375 Upstream summary: In libexpat fix denial of service due to memory exhaustion. CVE-2025-59375 CVE-2024-8176 Table of […]

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How To Install an Apache, MySQL, and PHP (FAMP) Stack on FreeBSD 12.0 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install an Apache, MySQL, and PHP (FAMP) Stack on FreeBSD 12.0

A FAMP stack, which is similar to a LAMP stack on Linux, is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a FreeBSD server to host dynamic websites and web apps. FAMP is an acronym that stands for FreeBSD (operating system), Apache (web server), MySQL (database server), and PHP (to process dynamic PHP content).

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FreeBSD 12 — fcron — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — fcron — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fcron — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1030 CVE-2004-1031 CVE-2004-1032 CVE-2004-1033 Upstream summary: An iDEFENSE Security Advisory states: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Fcron. File contents disclosure Configuration Bypass Vulnerability […]

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Android AutoCompleteTextView Example Tutorial — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Android AutoCompleteTextView Example Tutorial

AutocompleteTextView is an editable text view that shows completion suggestions automatically while the user is typing in android apps. In this tutorial we'll implement android AutoCompleteTextView in our application using an ArrayAdapter to define the list of suggestions. Android AutoCompleteTextView Overview AutoCompleteTextView is a component used to show suggestions while writing in an editable text […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Write Cache Policy Disabled Reducing Array Write Performance – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 September 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 — BGP route flapping between edge peers and RRAS gateway impacts WAN stability — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 September 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~2 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 […]

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How to Configure PHP Session Handling on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PHP Session Handling on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure PHP Session Handling on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (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. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python-requests — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-FU-2022:0444-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-1829 CVE-2014-1830 Upstream summary: Requests (aka python-requests) before 2.3.0 allows remote servers to obtain a netrc password by reading the Authorization header in a redirected […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libXdmcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libXdmcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libXdmcp — insufficient entropy generating session keys Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2625 Upstream summary: The freedesktop and x.org project reports: It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.3 used weak entropy to generate […]

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