chris

Alpine Linux edge — jbig2dec — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — jbig2dec — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.18-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — jbig2dec 0.18-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12268 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships jbig2dec 0.18-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-12268. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

Read more
How to Use Ansible to Install and Set Up Docker on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Docker tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Ansible to Install and Set Up Docker on Ubuntu 20.04

Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing application processes in *containers*. This guide explains how to use Ansible to automate the steps contained in our guide on How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 20.04. Ansible is a modern configuration management tool that can be used to automate the provisioning and configuration of remote systems.

Read more
Arch Linux — libproxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — libproxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202012-10 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25219 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.4.15+33+g454a499-2. Fixed in: 0.4.16-1. Group: AVG-1226. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

Read more
Ubuntu 20.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7035-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1585 https://bugs.launchpad.net/apparmor/+bug/1597017 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the AppArmor policy compiler incorrectly generated looser restrictions than expected for rules allowing mount operations. A local attacker could […]

Read more
Arch Linux — gitea — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gitea — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202011-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28991 Upstream summary: Type: insufficient validation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.12.5-1. Fixed in: 1.12.6-1. Group: AVG-1299. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

Read more
How to Configure VLAN Tagging with 802.1Q on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure VLAN Tagging with 802.1Q on RHEL 8

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging allows a single physical network interface to carry traffic for multiple logically isolated networks by inserting a 4-byte VLAN tag into Ethernet frames. This is essential in virtualization environments, network segmentation architectures, and anywhere a single uplink must serve multiple subnets. On RHEL 8, NetworkManager handles 802.1Q VLAN interfaces natively through […]

Read more
CHAT