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Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202011-15 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28241 Upstream summary: libmaxminddb used uninitialised memory when reading from a corrupt database file. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — python-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — python-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4273-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17626 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain XML documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted document, […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — file-roller — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — file-roller — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4927-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36314 CVE-2020-11736 CVE-2019-16680 Upstream summary: It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of […]

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How to Deploy a Node.js Application with PM2 on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Node.js Application with PM2 on RHEL 7

How to Deploy a Node.js Application with PM2 on RHEL 7 PM2 is a battle-tested production process manager for Node.js applications. It keeps your application running after a crash by restarting it automatically, provides integrated logging, enables zero-downtime reloads, supports cluster mode to utilize all CPU cores, and integrates with systemd for startup on boot. […]

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How to Install and Use Composer on Debian 10 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Use Composer on Debian 10

Composer is a popular dependency management tool for PHP, created mainly to facilitate installation and updates for project dependencies. In this guide, we’ll see how to install and use Composer on a Debian 10 server.

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FreeBSD 12 — py34-diffoscope — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py34-diffoscope — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: diffoscope — arbitrary file write Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0359 Upstream summary: Ximin Luo reports: [v67] introduced a security hole where diffoscope may write to arbitrary locations on disk depending on the […]

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Debian 9 – dpkg Interrupted State Blocks Package Operations – Full Recovery

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 February 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-autobahn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-autobahn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:0132-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35678 Upstream summary: Autobahn|Python before 20.12.3 allows redirect header injection. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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How to Use Amanda for Enterprise Backup on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Amanda for Enterprise Backup on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Use Amanda for Enterprise Backup 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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