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Oracle Linux 8 — curl — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — curl — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2024-1601)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 April 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-1601 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-38546 CVE-2023-28322 CVE-2023-46218 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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Debian 9: DNS resolution breaks after resolv.conf overwrite

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 April 2021 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~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 Errors & […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libcroco — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libcroco — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6958-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7960 CVE-2017-8834 CVE-2017-8871 CVE-2020-12825 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly accessing data structures when reading bytes from memory, which could cause a heap buffer […]

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Windows Server 2016 — SFC scannow reports corrupt files it cannot repair on production server — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 April 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 Errors […]

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How to Set Up Podman on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Podman on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up Podman on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Step 1 — Install Podman zypper install -y podman Step 2 — […]

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How to Use Z Shell (zsh) on a Cloud Server — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Z Shell (zsh) on a Cloud Server

In this article, we will discuss some of the basic usage Z Shell in a Linux environment. Z Shell, or zsh, is a bash replacement that can provide a powerful command line and scripting environment to interact with your Linux sever.

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Ubuntu 14.04 — underscore — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — underscore — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4913-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23358 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Underscore incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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How to Use Node.js and Github Webhooks to Keep Remote Projects in Sync — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Node.js and Github Webhooks to Keep Remote Projects in Sync

In this guide you will develop a Node.js server that listens for a GitHub webhook notification whenever you or someone else pushes code to GitHub. This script will automatically update a repository on a remote server with the most recent version of the code, eliminating the need to log in to a server to pull new commits.

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