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AlmaLinux 8 — eclipse-emf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — eclipse-emf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2020:5097 Upstream summary: Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE). The metadata for the eclipse:rhel8 module has been updated to remove the following unused profiles: c everything To check whether you have […]

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How to Use cron and at Scheduling on IBM AIX 7.3 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.3 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use cron and at Scheduling on IBM AIX 7.3

Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to use cron and at scheduling on IBM AIX 7.3 […]

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How to Set Up LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Set Up LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) on Windows Server 2012 R2 The Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) solves one of the most persistent security problems in Windows environments: the use of identical local administrator passwords across all computers. When every machine shares the same local admin password, an attacker who obtains that […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-20550 — xss — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-20550 — xss — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 23 June 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-20550, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-20550 NVD summary: IBM Content Navigator 3.0.CD is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering […]

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Alpine Linux edge — ppp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — ppp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.4.9-r6 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ppp 2.4.9-r6 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4603 CVE-2020-8597 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships ppp 2.4.9-r6 which addresses CVE-2022-4603. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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How to Enable Brotli Compression in Nginx on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Enable Brotli Compression in Nginx on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Enable Brotli Compression in Nginx on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: […]

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FreeBSD 13 — ja-postgresql — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ja-postgresql — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 June 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: postgresql — encoding based SQL injection Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0227 CVE-2005-0244 CVE-2005-0245 CVE-2005-0246 CVE-2005-0247 CVE-2006-2313 CVE-2006-2314 Upstream summary: The PostgreSQL development team reports: An attacker able to submit crafted strings to […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-text/xpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-text/xpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202409-25 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7453 CVE-2018-16369 CVE-2022-30524 CVE-2022-30775 CVE-2022-33108 CVE-2022-36561 CVE-2022-38222 CVE-2022-38334  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xpdf. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py35-buildbot — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py35-buildbot — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 June 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: buildbot — OAuth Authentication Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12300 CVE-2019-7313 Upstream summary: Buildbot accepted user-submitted authorization token from OAuth and used it to authenticate user. The vulnerability can lead to malicious […]

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