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How to Harden PHP on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Harden PHP on RHEL 7

How to Harden PHP on RHEL 7 PHP is one of the most widely deployed server-side languages in the world, and its default configuration is designed for convenience rather than security. On a production RHEL 7 server, leaving PHP at its defaults exposes your system to information disclosure, remote file inclusion, code injection, and privilege […]

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SLES 15 — perl-File-Find-Rule — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — perl-File-Find-Rule — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 December 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory RHSA-2025:9517 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-10007 Upstream summary: File::Find::Rule through 0.34 for Perl is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution when `grep()` encounters a crafted filename. A file handle is opened […]

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Debian 10 — openexr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — openexr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 December 2019 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9111 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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How to Install phpMyAdmin on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install phpMyAdmin on RHEL 8

phpMyAdmin is a popular web-based interface for managing MySQL and MariaDB databases, offering a graphical alternative to the command line. On RHEL 8, you can install it quickly from the EPEL repository, which provides community-maintained packages not included in the default RHEL channels. After installation, a few configuration steps secure access and integrate phpMyAdmin with […]

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Common Problems 117981

Ubuntu 18.04 Disk Full on Root Partition

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 December 2019 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Configure Infrastructure as Code on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Infrastructure as Code on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure Infrastructure as Code on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for fine-grained […]

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