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SLES 12 — mgetty — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — mgetty — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16741 CVE-2008-4936 CVE-2018-16742 CVE-2018-16743 CVE-2018-16744 CVE-2018-16745 CVE-2019-1010190 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly […]

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How to Install SQLite3 on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install SQLite3 on Debian 9

Introduction Debian 9 Stretch is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up install sqlite3 on debian 9 on Stretch leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Stretch freeze. Follow each step carefully and the resulting […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — perl-XML-Parser — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — perl-XML-Parser — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2026-3230 Related CVEs: CVE-2006-10002 CVE-2006-10003 Upstream summary: XML::Parser versions through 2.47 for Perl could overflow the pre-allocated buffer size cause a heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes. A […]

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Common Problems 124011

Kernel Update Leaves GRUB Default Entry on Old Kernel

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 10 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ap22-mod_fcgid — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ap22-mod_fcgid — 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: mod_fcgid — possible heap buffer overwrite Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4365 Upstream summary: Apache Project reports: Fix possible heap buffer overwrite. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Common Problems 119053

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Apache returns 500 Internal Server Error

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Configure DRBD for High Availability on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure DRBD for High Availability on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure DRBD for High Availability 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. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: […]

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Understanding Privilege Escalation in Ansible Playbooks — step-by-step Devops tutorial on Progressive Robot

Understanding Privilege Escalation in Ansible Playbooks

It is important to understand how privilege escalation works in Ansible, so that you’re able to execute your tasks with appropriate permissions. By default, tasks will run as the connecting user – this might be either root or any regular user with SSH access to the remote nodes in an inventory file. In this guide, learn more about privilege escalation in Ansible playbooks.

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