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How To Troubleshoot Socket Errors in MySQL — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Troubleshoot Socket Errors in MySQL

MySQL manages connections to the database server through the use of a socket file, a special kind of file that facilitates communications between different processes. The MySQL server’s socket file is named mysqld.sock and on Ubuntu systems it’s usually stored in the /var/run/mysqld/…

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gpsd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gpsd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5035-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1938730 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GPSd incorrectly handled certain leap second events which would result in the time jumping back 1024 weeks on 2021-10-31. Table […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — phpMyAdmin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — phpMyAdmin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:1675-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26935 CVE-2005-2869 CVE-2006-1804 CVE-2015-8980 CVE-2016-9849 CVE-2016-9865 CVE-2018-12581 CVE-2018-15605  +12 more Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before […]

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FreeBSD 12 — virtualbox-ose — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — virtualbox-ose — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 April 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: virtualbox-ose — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-5892 CVE-2015-3456 CVE-2015-4813 CVE-2015-4896 CVE-2020-14628 CVE-2020-14629 CVE-2020-14646 CVE-2020-14647  +12 more Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization […]

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Установка и настройка Ansible в Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Установка и настройка Ansible в Ubuntu 20.04

Системы управления конфигурацией разрабатываются для администраторов и операционных отделов с целью ускорить процедуры управления большим количеством серверов. Они позволяют автоматически контролировать много разных систем из единого центра. Хотя для систем Linux выпущено много…

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Gentoo Linux — app-admin/salt — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-admin/salt — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-202310-22 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28243 CVE-2020-28972 CVE-2020-35662 CVE-2021-3144 CVE-2021-3148 CVE-2021-3197 CVE-2021-21996 CVE-2021-25281  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2020-1372)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 April 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1372 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18660 CVE-2019-15030 CVE-2019-15031 CVE-2019-19527 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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