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How to Set Up CARP High Availability on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up CARP High Availability on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up carp high availability on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libbrotli — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libbrotli — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: brotli — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1624 CVE-2016-1968 Upstream summary: Google Chrome Releases reports: [583607] High CVE-2016-1624: Buffer overflow in Brotli. Credit to lukezli. Mozilla Foundation reports: Security researcher Luke […]

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FreeBSD 12 — icecast — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — icecast — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: icecast — Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2001-0784 CVE-2001-1083 CVE-2001-1229 CVE-2001-1230 CVE-2002-0177 CVE-2004-0781 Upstream summary: Caused by improper filtering of HTML code in the status display, it is possible for […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-dulwich — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-dulwich — 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-2018:2213-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16228 Upstream summary: Dulwich before 0.18.5, when an SSH subprocess is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ru-apache+mod_ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ru-apache+mod_ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache 1.3 — mod_proxy reverse proxy exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0993 CVE-2004-0700 CVE-2004-0885 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 […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libneon27 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libneon27 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-SR:2007:002 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0157 CVE-2008-3746 CVE-2009-2473 CVE-2009-2474 Upstream summary: Array index error in the uri_lookup function in the URI parser for neon 0.26.0 to 0.26.2, possibly only on […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: sge — local root exploit in bundled rsh executable Upstream summary: Sun Microsystems reports: The SGE 6.0u7_1 release fixes a security bug which can allow malicious users to gain root […]

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How to Set Up a DHCP Server with ISC DHCP on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a DHCP Server with ISC DHCP on RHEL 8

A DHCP server automates IP address assignment across your network, eliminating manual configuration errors and centralizing address management. ISC DHCP (provided by the dhcp-server package on RHEL 8) is the most widely deployed open-source DHCP implementation and supports dynamic address pools, static reservations, vendor class options, and failover pairing. This tutorial walks through installing and […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — libmspack — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — libmspack — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2019-1310 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18584 CVE-2018-18585 CVE-2019-1010305 CVE-2018-14679 CVE-2018-14680 CVE-2018-14681 CVE-2018-14682 Upstream summary: In mspack/cab.h in libmspack before 0.8alpha and cabextract before 1.8, the CAB block input buffer is one byte […]

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