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Debian 13 — rpyc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — rpyc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2024-27758 Upstream summary: In RPyC before 6.0.0, when a server exposes a method that calls the attribute named __array__ for a client-provided netref (e.g., np.array(client_netref)), a remote attacker can […]

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Debian 13 — libjbcrypt-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — libjbcrypt-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0886 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in the crypt_raw method in the key-stretching implementation in jBCrypt before 0.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to determine cleartext values of password […]

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How to Schedule Automated Tasks with cron and anacron on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Schedule Automated Tasks with cron and anacron on RHEL 9

Automated task scheduling is the backbone of server maintenance: backups run at 3 AM, log cleanup happens daily, SSL certificates renew before they expire, and databases are vacuumed weekly. On RHEL 9, there are three scheduling mechanisms each suited to different scenarios. cron is the classic daemon that runs jobs on a schedule defined by […]

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Debian 13 — links2 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — links2 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5925 CVE-2008-3329 CVE-2012-6709 CVE-2013-6050 CVE-2017-11114 Upstream summary: Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in […]

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RHEL 10 – kdump service fails because crashkernel memory reservation is insufficient – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: RHEL 10.0 RHEL 10.1 📖 ~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 […]

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Windows Server 2022 — KB5061036 — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 — KB5061036 — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5061036 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2025-33070 CVE-2025-32712 CVE-2025-32713 CVE-2025-32714 CVE-2025-32715 CVE-2025-32716 CVE-2025-32724 CVE-2025-33064  +5 more Affected components: Windows Server 2022 Microsoft summary: Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Netlogon allows […]

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Debian 13 — colord — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — colord — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4349 CVE-2021-42523 Upstream summary: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in (1) cd-mapping-db.c and (2) cd-device-db.c in colord before 0.1.15 allow local users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via vectors […]

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How to Use rsync for Efficient File Synchronisation on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use rsync for Efficient File Synchronisation on RHEL 9

rsync is the Swiss Army knife of file synchronisation for Linux administrators. Unlike scp, which blindly copies every file every time, rsync computes a rolling checksum to identify changed file blocks and transfers only what has changed — making subsequent syncs dramatically faster and less bandwidth-intensive. It preserves file attributes (permissions, ownership, timestamps, ACLs, extended […]

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Rocky Linux 8 — perl-Socket — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 8

Rocky Linux 8 — perl-Socket — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2026:8096 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-40909 Upstream summary: Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. Security Fix(es): * perl: Perl threads have […]

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Debian 13 — gocr — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — gocr — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1141 CVE-2005-1142 CVE-2021-33479 CVE-2021-33480 CVE-2021-33481 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in the readpgm function in pnm.c for GOCR 0.40, when using the netpbm library, allows remote attackers to execute […]

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