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SLES 12 — evince — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — evince — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 April 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:14141-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1010006 CVE-2017-1000159 CVE-2010-2640 CVE-2010-2641 CVE-2010-2642 CVE-2010-2643 CVE-2017-1000083 CVE-2019-11459 Upstream summary: Evince 3.26.0 is affected by buffer overflow. The impact is: DOS / Possible code execution. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — git — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — git — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-4356)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 April 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-4356 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1352 CVE-2019-1387 CVE-2019-1349 CVE-2019-1348 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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How To Deploy Node.js Applications Using Systemd and Nginx — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Deploy Node.js Applications Using Systemd and Nginx

When deploying a web application to a Droplet, it might be tempting to simply use the same kind of setup as is used in development, i.e. starting the server by running “ruby app.rb” or “node server.js” in a terminal. This is simple and easy, while providing visible logs.This is dangerous: what happens if the server crashes and no one is around to restart it? This tutorial uses a simple Node.js application, but is applicable to most, if not all, others as well (be they Ruby, Python, etc.)

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Debian 10 – dpkg was interrupted and package configuration is incomplete

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 April 2020 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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How to Set Up LDAP Client on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up LDAP Client on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 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 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to set up ldap client on ibm aix 7.1 on […]

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How to Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt 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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How to Use Full-Text Search in PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Full-Text Search in PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 16.04

In this tutorial, we’ll use PostgreSQL to store data containing articles for a hypothetical news website, then learn how to query the database using FTS and select only the best matches. As the final step, we will explore the available types of indexes in PostgreSQL which can be used to significantly improve performance of the full-text search queries.

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Alpine Linux edge — junit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — junit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 4.13.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — junit 4.13.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15250 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships junit 4.13.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-15250. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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