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

AlmaLinux 8 — fuse — 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-2022:2107 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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How to Deploy a Django Application on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Django Application on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction Oracle Linux 8 ships with a stable, security-hardened base that makes deploying deploy a django application on oracle linux 8 both straightforward and auditable. This tutorial covers the complete procedure for how to Deploy a Django Application on Oracle Linux 8, including dnf module streams where applicable, systemd unit management, and the firewalld rules […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — yara — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — yara — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8080-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19976 CVE-2017-9304 CVE-2018-19974 CVE-2017-8294 CVE-2018-12034 CVE-2017-8929 CVE-2021-45429 CVE-2017-11328  +9 more Upstream summary: Kamil Frankowicz discovered that a number of YARA's functions generated memory exceptions when processing specially […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — opendmarc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — opendmarc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6356-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12272 CVE-2020-12460 Upstream summary: Jianjun Chen, Vern Paxson and Jian Jiang discovered that OpenDMARC incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-tar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-tar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5283-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32803 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tar for Node.js did not properly sanitize path inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — ppp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:0633 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8597 Upstream summary: The ppp packages contain the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon and documentation for PPP support. The PPP protocol provides a method for transmitting datagrams over serial point-to-point […]

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How To Manage RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Manage RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04

In this guide, we discuss how to use Linux’s mdadm utility to manage RAID arrays and perform day-to-day administrative tasks. We cover how to start, stop, or remove RAID arrays, how to find information about both the RAID device and the underlying storage components, and how to adjust the RAID size and and hot spares to existing arrays.

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Amazon Linux 2 — libgcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — libgcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2022-1769 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33560 Upstream summary: A side-channel attack flaw was found in the way libgcrypt implemented Elgamal encryption. This flaw allows an attacker to decrypt parts of ciphertext encrypted […]

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