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How to Configure Windows Server 2019 with Ansible — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Server 2019 with Ansible

Introduction to Ansible for Windows Server 2019 Ansible is an open-source IT automation platform developed by Red Hat that enables infrastructure as code for provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration. While Ansible was originally designed for Linux management using SSH, it fully supports Windows Server 2019 management using WinRM (Windows Remote Management) as the […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXi6 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXi6 — 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-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1984 CVE-2013-1995 CVE-2013-1998 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXi 1.7.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — libosip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: osip — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7853 Upstream summary: osip developers reports: In libosip2 in GNU oSIP 4.1.0 and 5.0.0, a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — file-roller — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — file-roller — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: file-roller — path traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7162 Upstream summary: reports: File Roller 3.5.4 through 3.20.2 was affected by a path traversal bug that could result in deleted files if […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — lightzone — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dcraw — integer overflow condition Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3885 Upstream summary: ocert reports: The dcraw tool, as well as several other projects re-using its code, suffers from an integer overflow condition […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libmysql56client18 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libmysql56client18 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2016:2746-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3521 CVE-2016-6662 CVE-2015-2582 CVE-2015-2611 CVE-2015-2617 CVE-2015-2641 CVE-2015-2643 CVE-2015-2648  +12 more Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.49 and earlier, 5.6.30 and earlier, and 5.7.12 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php5-sockets — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-sockets — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2011-1148 CVE-2011-1938 CVE-2011-2202 CVE-2011-2483 Upstream summary: PHP development team reports: Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.7: Updated crypt_blowfish to 1.2. (CVE-2011-2483) Fixed crash […]

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How to Install Prometheus and Grafana on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Prometheus and Grafana on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Prometheus and Grafana 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. Step 1 — Install Prometheus zypper install -y golang-github-prometheus-prometheus Step 2 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-c7-libevent — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c7-libevent — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libevent — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10195 CVE-2016-10196 CVE-2016-10197 Upstream summary: Debian Security reports: CVE-2016-10195: The name_parse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified […]

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FreeBSD 12 — silc-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — silc-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: silc-client — Format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3051 Upstream summary: SILC changelog reports: An unspecified format string vulnerability exists in silc-client. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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