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AlmaLinux 8 — gnome-calculator — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — gnome-calculator — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4381 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13558 CVE-2020-24870 CVE-2020-27918 CVE-2020-29623 CVE-2020-36241 CVE-2021-1765 CVE-2021-1788 CVE-2021-1789  +12 more Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — openssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-9632)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 January 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-9632 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3712 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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How to Install SonarQube on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install SonarQube on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Install SonarQube on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, and […]

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How to Install Memcached on CentOS Stream 9 — step-by-step CentOS Stream 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Memcached on CentOS Stream 9

Introduction Setting up install memcached on centos stream 9 on a CentOS Stream 9 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Install Memcached on CentOS Stream 9, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to keep in mind, and […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — edk2 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — edk2 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-1712)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1712 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14563 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Debian 11 — php-htmlpurifier — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — php-htmlpurifier — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2479 CVE-2010-4183 Upstream summary: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HTML Purifier before 4.1.1, as used in Mahara and other products, when the browser is Internet Explorer, allows remote […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — libfprint — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libfprint — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2021:1889 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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Debian 11 — rpcbind — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — rpcbind — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2061 CVE-2010-2064 CVE-2015-7236 CVE-2017-8779 Upstream summary: rpcbind 0.2.0 does not properly validate (1) /tmp/portmap.xdr and (2) /tmp/rpcbind.xdr, which can be created by an attacker before the daemon is […]

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How to Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying secure nginx with let’s encrypt on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — janus-gateway — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — janus-gateway — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4020 Upstream summary: janus-gateway is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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