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How to Set Up DNS Server with BIND on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up DNS Server with BIND on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 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 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to set up dns server with bind on ibm aix […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gnome-keyring — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gnome-keyring — 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-2012-3466 Upstream summary: GNOME gnome-keyring 3.4.0 through 3.4.1, when gpg-cache-method is set to "idle" or "timeout," does not properly limit the amount of time a […]

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How to Configure StrongSwan IPsec on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure StrongSwan IPsec on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure StrongSwan IPsec 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, […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — libseccomp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — libseccomp — vulnerability — 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 ALAS2-2019-1360 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9893 Upstream summary: libseccomp before 2.4.0 did not correctly generate 64-bit syscall argument comparisons using the arithmetic operators (LT, GT, LE, GE), which might able to lead […]

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Alpine Linux edge — vlc — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — vlc — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.0.9.2-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — vlc 3.0.9.2-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19721 CVE-2020-6071 CVE-2020-6072 CVE-2020-6073 CVE-2020-6077 CVE-2020-6078 CVE-2020-6079 CVE-2019-13602  +3 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships vlc 3.0.9.2-r0 which […]

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How to Set Up Chef Infra Client on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Chef Infra Client on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up Chef Infra Client on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster 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 Debian […]

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FreeBSD 12 — kdeconnect-kde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kdeconnect-kde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kdeconnect — packet manipulation can be exploited in a Denial of Service attack Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26164 Upstream summary: Albert Astals Cid reports: KDE Project Security Advisory Title KDE Connect: packet […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libxls — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libxls — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-202003-64 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12110 CVE-2017-12111 CVE-2017-2896 CVE-2017-2897 CVE-2017-2919 CVE-2018-20450 CVE-2018-20452 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxls. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — yast2-samba-provision — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — yast2-samba-provision — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3199-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17956 Upstream summary: In yast2-samba-provision up to and including version 1.0.1 the password for samba shares was provided on the command line to tools used […]

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FreeBSD 12 — serendipity — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — serendipity — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: serendipity — XSS Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1385 CVE-2008-1386 CVE-2019-11870 Upstream summary: MITRE: Serendipity before 2.1.5 has XSS via EXIF data that is mishandled in the templates/2k11/admin/media_choose.tpl Editor Preview feature or the […]

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