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How to Set Up WireGuard VPN on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up WireGuard VPN on RHEL 8

WireGuard is a modern, high-performance VPN protocol built into the Linux kernel since version 5.6, offering significantly simpler configuration and better performance than older alternatives like OpenVPN or IPsec. On RHEL 8, WireGuard can be installed via the ELRepo kernel module or the wireguard-tools package from EPEL, with the kernel module provided by the elrepo-kernel […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — kdegraphics3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — kdegraphics3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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-SA:2009:024 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0146 CVE-2009-3603 Upstream summary: Multiple buffer overflows in the JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and other products allow remote […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — firebird — vulnerability — 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-2013:0496-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2492 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in Firebird 2.1.3 through 2.1.5 before 18514, and 2.5.1 through 2.5.3 before 26623, on Windows allows remote attackers to […]

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How to Configure GitLab CI/CD on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure GitLab CI/CD on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure GitLab CI/CD 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: zypper refresh […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache 1.3 — mod_proxy reverse proxy exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0940 CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 CVE-2011-3368 Upstream summary: Apache HTTP server project reports: An exposure was found when using mod_proxy in reverse […]

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FreeBSD 12 — poweradmin — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — poweradmin — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: poweradmin — multiple XSS vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities Multiple scripts are vulnerable to XSS attacks. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Configure Nginx Rate Limiting on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx Rate Limiting on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying configure nginx rate limiting on freebsd 12 on a FreeBSD 12 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — ezbounce — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ezbounce remote format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0510 Upstream summary: A security hole exists that can be used to crash the proxy and execute arbitrary code. An exploit is circulating […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — memcached — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: memcached — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1255 CVE-2016-8704 CVE-2016-8705 CVE-2016-8706 Upstream summary: Cisco Talos reports: Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities exist within Memcached that could be exploited to achieve remote code […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — gd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — gd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4659)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4659 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14553 CVE-2019-6977 CVE-2019-6978 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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