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How to Install CouchDB on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install CouchDB on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Install CouchDB on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, and […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — calamares — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — calamares — vulnerability — 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-2019:2628-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13178 Upstream summary: modules/luksbootkeyfile/main.py in Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 has a race condition between the time when the LUKS encryption keyfile is created and […]

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FreeBSD 12 — h2o — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — h2o — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: h2o — HTTP/2 Rapid Reset attack vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5638 CVE-2016-1133 CVE-2016-4864 CVE-2017-10868 CVE-2017-10869 CVE-2018-0608 CVE-2019-9512 CVE-2019-9514  +3 more Upstream summary: Kazuo Okuhu reports: H2O is vulnerable to the HTTP/2 […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — mksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mksh — TTY attachment privilege escalation Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1845 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: The vulnerability is caused due to an error when attaching to a TTY via the -T command […]

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How to Configure Redis Cluster and Sentinel on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Redis Cluster and Sentinel on RHEL 7

How to Configure Redis Cluster and Sentinel on RHEL 7 Redis is an in-memory data structure store used as a database, cache, and message broker. For production environments requiring high availability and horizontal scalability, Redis offers two complementary mechanisms: Redis Cluster for automatic data sharding across multiple nodes, and Redis Sentinel for automatic failover of […]

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Common Problems 121468

APT Update Fails With 404 Repository Errors on Debian 9

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 November 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~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 & […]

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Common Problems 118455

Network Interface Not Managed by NetworkManager

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 November 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libtomcrypt1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libtomcrypt1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12437 Upstream summary: LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To […]

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FreeBSD 12 — zh-chitex — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zh-chitex — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ChiTeX/ChiLaTeX unsafe set-user-id root Upstream summary: Niels Heinen reports that ChiTeX installs set-user-id root executables that invoked system(3) without setting up the environment, trivially allowing local root compromise. Table of […]

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How to Set Up a Python Django Application on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Python Django Application on Debian 9

Introduction How to Set Up a Python Django Application on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from […]

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