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How to Install Apache Kafka on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Apache Kafka on RHEL 8

Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform capable of handling millions of messages per second, making it a popular choice for real-time data pipelines, log aggregation, and event-driven microservices. Kafka is distributed as a self-contained binary archive and does not require a package manager installation, so the setup process involves downloading, configuring, and wrapping […]

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Alpine Linux edge — py3-yaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — py3-yaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.4-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — py3-yaml 5.4-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14343 CVE-2020-1747 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships py3-yaml 5.4-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-14343. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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

Amazon Linux 2 — NetworkManager — 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 ALAS2-2019-1144 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15688 CVE-2020-10754 Upstream summary: It was discovered that systemd-network does not correctly keep track of a buffer size when constructing DHCPv6 packets. This flaw may lead to […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.173-137.228 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.173-137.228 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-021 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1749 CVE-2019-19319 CVE-2020-12657 CVE-2020-10711 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of some networking protocols in IPsec, such as VXLAN and GENEVE tunnels […]

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How to Configure ZFS on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure ZFS on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure ZFS 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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Arch Linux — libzip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — libzip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201711-13 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12858 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.0-1. Fixed in: 1.3.0-1. Group: AVG-390. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Debian 10 Disk Full in /var Causes Service Outages

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 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 — roundcube-thunderbird_labels — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — roundcube-thunderbird_labels — security advisory — 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: roundcube-thunderbird_labels — RCE with custom label titles Upstream summary: The Roundcube project reports: Description: Remote code execution vulnerability in roundcube-thunderbird_labels when tb_label_modify_labels is enabled. Workaround: If you cannot upgrade to […]

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