How To Manage DateTime with Carbon in Laravel and PHP
Learn how to use Carbon in Laravel and PHP applications to read and modify dates and times.
openSUSE Tumbleweed — libvorbis0 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2008:012 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1423 CVE-2007-3106 CVE-2008-1419 CVE-2008-1420 CVE-2009-3379 CVE-2017-14160 CVE-2017-14632 CVE-2018-10392 +2 more Upstream summary: Integer overflow in a certain quantvals and quantlist calculation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 […]
How to Install SQLite3 on Debian 9
Introduction Debian 9 Stretch is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up install sqlite3 on debian 9 on Stretch leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Stretch freeze. Follow each step carefully and the resulting […]
FreeBSD 12 — ap22-mod_fcgid — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 23 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_fcgid — possible heap buffer overwrite Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4365 Upstream summary: Apache Project reports: Fix possible heap buffer overwrite. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Apache returns 500 Internal Server Error
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 23 June 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 […]
How to Configure DRBD for High Availability on SLES 12
Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure DRBD for High Availability 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: […]
Understanding Privilege Escalation in Ansible Playbooks
It is important to understand how privilege escalation works in Ansible, so that you’re able to execute your tasks with appropriate permissions. By default, tasks will run as the connecting user – this might be either root or any regular user with SSH access to the remote nodes in an inventory file. In this guide, learn more about privilege escalation in Ansible playbooks.
FreeBSD 12 — krb5 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 23 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: krb5 — Double-free in KDC TGS processing Related CVEs: CVE-2014-5352 CVE-2014-5353 CVE-2014-5354 CVE-2014-9421 CVE-2014-9422 CVE-2014-9423 CVE-2015-2694 CVE-2016-3120 +4 more Upstream summary: The MIT krb5 Team reports: When issuing a ticket […]
FreeBSD 12 — php5-cli — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 23 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0594 CVE-2004-0595 CVE-2004-1019 CVE-2004-1065 CVE-2006-4481 CVE-2006-4482 CVE-2006-4483 CVE-2006-4484 +12 more Upstream summary: The PHP development team reports: Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.2 […]
Security Checkpoint
This checkpoint is intended to help you assess what you learned from our introductory articles to Security, where we introduced recommended security practices and commonly used security tools.