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openSUSE Tumbleweed — uranium-firmware-lulzbot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — uranium-firmware-lulzbot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000537 Upstream summary: Marlin Firmware Marlin version 1.1.x and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in cardreader.cpp (Depending on branch/version) that can result in Arbitrary code execution. This attack […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — util-linux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — util-linux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4512-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7738 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the umount bash completion script shipped in util-linux incorrectly handled certain mountpoints. If a local attacker were able to create […]

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How To Protect SSH with fail2ban on Debian 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Protect SSH with fail2ban on Debian 7

SSH is a very convenient tool for remotely administering your servers. However, it does open your machine up to brute force attacks designed to crack your password and gain access to your machine. In this guide, we will discuss how to install and configure fail2ban, which will ban repeated unsuccessful authentication attempts, on a Debian 7 system.

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How To Install and Configure OSSEC Security Notifications on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure OSSEC Security Notifications on Ubuntu 14.04

This tutorial will show you how to install and configure OSSEC to monitor one the cloud provider server running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. We’ll configure OSSEC so that if a file is modified, deleted, or added to the server, OSSEC will notify you by email – in real-time. That’s in addition to other integrity-checking features that OSSEC offers.

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FreeBSD 12 — php56-gd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php56-gd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libgd — integer overflow which could lead to heap buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7456 CVE-2015-4643 CVE-2015-4644 CVE-2015-8874 CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-3074 CVE-2016-4343 CVE-2016-5093  +12 more Upstream summary: LibGD reports: An integer overflow […]

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Arch Linux — ed — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — ed — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201701-31 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5357 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.14-1. Fixed in: 1.14.1-1. Group: AVG-145. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Creating and Running your First Ansible Playbook — step-by-step Devops tutorial on Progressive Robot

Creating and Running your First Ansible Playbook

Playbooks use the YAML format to define one or more *plays*. A play is a set of ordered tasks that are arranged in a way to automate a process, such as setting up a web server or deploying an application to production. Learn how to create and execute your first playbook in this short guide.

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How to Set Up Rancher on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Rancher on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up Rancher 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: zypper refresh […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — ircd-ratbox — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ircd-ratbox and charybdis — remote DoS vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4016 CVE-2010-0300 Upstream summary: atheme.org reports: All versions of Charybdis are vulnerable to a remotely-triggered crash bug caused by code originating […]

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Common Problems 113572

Windows Server 2012 R2 Tiered Storage Spaces Not Rebalancing Hot Data Correctly – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 October 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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