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openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2009:020 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3627 Upstream summary: The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an […]

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How to Configure Windows Server 2019 for Compliance — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Server 2019 for Compliance

Introduction to Compliance Configuration on Windows Server 2019 Configuring Windows Server 2019 for compliance involves implementing technical controls that satisfy the requirements of regulatory frameworks such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, and DISA STIGs. Compliance configuration encompasses access controls, encryption, auditing, patch management, system hardening, and documentation. Windows […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5023-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 CVE-2019-17544 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a […]

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Alpine Linux edge — ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.8-r5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ctags 5.8-r5 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7204 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships ctags 5.8-r5 which addresses CVE-2014-7204. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How To Build a Styled Landing Page with Tailwind CSS — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Build a Styled Landing Page with Tailwind CSS

Tailwind is a utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces. This means that Tailwind provides highly composable, low-level utility classes that make it easy to build complex user interfaces without encouraging any two sites to look the same. In this tutorial, we’ll be building a landing page using Tailwind CSS to showcase a health monitoring smart wristwatch (HMSW) product to our customers.

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FreeBSD 12 — avidemux — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — avidemux — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9316 CVE-2014-9317 CVE-2014-9603 CVE-2014-9604 CVE-2015-1872 CVE-2015-3395 CVE-2015-3417 CVE-2015-6761  +12 more Upstream summary: NVD reports: An issue was discovered in the FFmpeg package, where vp3_decode_frame […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — squidGuard — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — squidGuard — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2010:014 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3700 CVE-2009-3826 CVE-2015-8936 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in sgLog.c in squidGuard 1.3 and 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang […]

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