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Ubuntu 14.04 — jquery — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — jquery — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7622-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11023 CVE-2019-11358 CVE-2020-11022 CVE-2012-6708 Upstream summary: It was discovered that jQuery did not correctly handle HTML tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a […]

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How To Call Web APIs with the useEffect Hook in React — step-by-step Javascript tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Call Web APIs with the useEffect Hook in React

In this tutorial, you’ll use the useEffect and useState React Hooks to fetch and display information in a sample application, using JSON server as a local API for testing purposes. You’ll load information when a component first mounts and save customer inputs with an API. You’ll also refresh data when a user makes a change and learn how to ignore API requests when a component unmounts.

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How To Add Stimulus to a Ruby on Rails Application — step-by-step Javascript tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Add Stimulus to a Ruby on Rails Application

In this tutorial, you will install and use Stimulus to build on an existing Rails application that offers readers information about sharks. The application already has a model for handling shark data, but you will add a nested resource for posts about individual sharks, allowing users to build out a body of thoughts and opinions about sharks. You will use Stimulus to manipulate the position and appearance of posts on the page.

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Amazon Linux 2 — chrony — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — chrony — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2021-1575 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14367 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in chrony when creating the PID file under the /var/run/chrony folder. The file is created during chronyd startup while still […]

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How to Manage System Packages with dnf on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage System Packages with dnf on RHEL 8

DNF (Dandified YUM) is the default package manager on RHEL 8, replacing the older yum command with improved dependency resolution, transaction history, and modular package support through AppStream. Whether you are installing software, managing module streams, or adding third-party repositories like EPEL, dnf is the single tool for the job. This tutorial covers daily package […]

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Debian 10 – systemd Journal Consumes Disk Space – Retention and Vacuum Strategy

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 August 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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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – sudo reports unable to resolve host

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 20.04.6 📖 ~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 […]

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RHEL 8 NFS mount hangs during boot sequence

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 August 2020 📖 ~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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