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How to Build Android ROMs on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Build Android ROMs on Ubuntu 16.04

Android is the most popular operating system in the world today. Hundreds of different original equipment manufacturers, or OEM, choose to install it on their devices because it is free, open-source, and has a large ecosystem of apps and services…

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Arch Linux — tcpdump — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — tcpdump — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201709-5 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13725 CVE-2017-13690 CVE-2017-13689 CVE-2017-13688 CVE-2017-13687 CVE-2017-13055 CVE-2017-13054 CVE-2017-13053  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 4.9.1-1. Fixed in: 4.9.2-1. Group: AVG-361. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — cflow — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — cflow — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 November 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5375-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16165 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNU cflow was incorrectly handling memory cleanup operations at the end of a compilation module. An attacker could possibly use […]

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SLES 15 — libmodplug1 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libmodplug1 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11311 CVE-2018-10017 CVE-2018-11710 CVE-2018-20860 CVE-2018-20861 CVE-2019-14382 CVE-2019-14383 CVE-2019-17113 Upstream summary: soundlib/Load_psm.cpp in OpenMPT through 1.26.12.00 and libopenmpt before 0.2.8461-beta26 has a heap buffer overflow with […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — mistral — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — mistral — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 November 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7465-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16848 CVE-2018-16849 CVE-2019-3866 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Mistral incorrectly handled nested anchors in YAML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-python/pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-python/pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202007-62 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6594 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PyCrypto incorrectly generated ElGamal key parameters. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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SLES 15 — netcdf-gnu-hpc — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — netcdf-gnu-hpc — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:3804-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20005 CVE-2019-20006 CVE-2019-20007 CVE-2019-20198 CVE-2019-20199 CVE-2019-20200 CVE-2019-20201 CVE-2019-20202  +8 more Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The function ezxml_decode, while […]

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How To Install MySQL on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install MySQL on Ubuntu 14.04

MySQL is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data.

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SLES 15 — libsaml9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libsaml9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:3234-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16853 Upstream summary: The DynamicMetadataProvider class in saml/saml2/metadata/impl/DynamicMetadataProvider.cpp in OpenSAML-C in OpenSAML before 2.6.1 fails to properly configure itself with the MetadataFilter plugins and does […]

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