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Ubuntu 16.04 — libmodbus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libmodbus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5173-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14462 CVE-2019-14463 Upstream summary: USN-5173-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libmodbus. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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SLES 15 — libcmis — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libcmis — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 March 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:3313-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9853 Upstream summary: LibreOffice documents can contain macros. The execution of those macros is controlled by the document security settings, typically execution of macros are […]

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Cómo instalar y configurar VNC en Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Cómo instalar y configurar VNC en Ubuntu 18.04

Virtual Network Computing, o VNC, es un sistema de conexión que le permite usar su teclado y mouse para interactuar con un entorno de escritorio gráfico en un servidor remoto. Hace que administrar archivos, software y ajustes en un servidor remoto sea más fácil para los…

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Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/shadow — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/shadow — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202008-09 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19882 CVE-2013-4235 Upstream summary: When Shadow was installed with the PAM use flag, setuid binaries provided by Shadow were not properly restricted. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Create and Manage Swap Space on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Create and Manage Swap Space on RHEL 8

Swap space gives the Linux kernel an overflow area on disk when physical RAM is fully utilized, preventing out-of-memory crashes on memory-constrained servers. On RHEL 8, swap can be implemented as a dedicated partition or as a swap file — the latter being more flexible since it can be created, resized, and removed without repartitioning […]

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Windows Server 2016 – Kernel nonpaged pool leak from third-party driver – Fix and Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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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How to Configure kubectl on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure kubectl on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure kubectl 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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