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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-38891 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-38891 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-38891, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-38891 NVD summary: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 1.0 and 6.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. […]

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How to Set Up LDAP with OpenLDAP on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up LDAP with OpenLDAP on RHEL 9

OpenLDAP is the most widely deployed open-source LDAP directory server and is commonly used for centralised identity management across Linux systems. On RHEL 9, OpenLDAP server packages are available directly from the base repositories, providing a standards-compliant LDAPv3 directory that integrates with SSSD for system authentication. This tutorial covers installing OpenLDAP, configuring the directory database, […]

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How To Automate Deployments to Kubernetes with CircleCI — step-by-step Kubernetes tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Automate Deployments to Kubernetes with CircleCI

Having an automated deployment process is a requirement for a scalable and resilient application, and it’s especially important to apply CI/CD concepts to Kubernetes. In this article you will use CircleCI to automatically deploy a sample application to a Kubernetes (DOKS) cluster.

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AlmaLinux 8 — python-gssapi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python-gssapi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2019:3406 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Alpine Linux edge — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.8.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — zsh 5.8.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45444 CVE-2019-20044 CVE-2018-1083 CVE-2018-1071 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships zsh 5.8.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-45444. Table of contents Symptom […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — git — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-2859)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2859 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29187 CVE-2022-39260 CVE-2022-24765 CVE-2022-39253 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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FreeBSD 13 — php52-filter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php52-filter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php-filter — Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2010-3710 Upstream summary: The following DoS condition in filter extension was fixed in PHP 5.3.4 and PHP 5.2.15: Stack consumption vulnerability in the […]

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Debian 11 — giftrans — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — giftrans — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45972 Upstream summary: The giftrans function in giftrans 1.12.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow because a value inside the input file determines the amount of data to write. […]

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