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How to Install Oracle JDK 8 on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Oracle JDK 8 on Debian 9

Introduction Debian 9 Stretch is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up install oracle jdk 8 on debian 9 on Stretch leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Stretch freeze. Follow each step carefully and […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — veyon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — veyon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-29074 Upstream summary: scan.c in x11vnc 0.9.16 uses IPC_CREAT|0777 in shmget calls, which allows access by actors other than the current user. Table of contents […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — firefox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4123)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4123 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-38503 CVE-2021-38507 CVE-2021-38509 CVE-2021-38504 CVE-2021-38508 CVE-2021-38506 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-9307)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-9307 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36310 CVE-2021-29154 CVE-2021-23133 CVE-2020-28374 CVE-2021-31916 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — libvncserver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-1811)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-1811 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14397 CVE-2020-25708 CVE-2019-20839 CVE-2018-21247 CVE-2020-14405 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-mail/fetchmail — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-mail/fetchmail — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202209-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-36386 CVE-2021-39272 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fetchmail. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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SLES 12 — python-M2Crypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — python-M2Crypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 June 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-FU-2024:1448-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25657 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in all released versions of m2crypto, where they are vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks in the RSA decryption […]

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How To Set Up and Configure a Certificate Authority (CA) On Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up and Configure a Certificate Authority (CA) On Ubuntu 20.04

A private Certificate Authority that runs on Ubuntu 20.04 will enable you to configure, test, and run programs that require encrypted connections between a client and a server. Using a private CA, you can issue certificates for users, servers, or individual programs and services within your infrastructure. A private CA can help ensure that all your development, staging, and production environments use similar architectures and configurations.

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How to Install Composer on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Composer on RHEL 7

How to Install Composer on RHEL 7 Composer is the standard dependency manager for PHP, used by virtually every modern PHP framework and library ecosystem. It reads a composer.json file in your project to resolve and download the exact library versions your application requires, storing them in a vendor/ directory and generating an autoloader that […]

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