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Ubuntu 14.04 — accountsservice — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — accountsservice — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6190-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3297 CVE-2018-14036 CVE-2020-16126 Upstream summary: USN-6190-1 fixed a vulnerability in AccountsService. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-CairoSVG — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-CairoSVG — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2023:0260-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-27586 CVE-2021-21236 Upstream summary: CairoSVG is an SVG converter based on Cairo, a 2D graphics library. Prior to version 2.7.0, Cairo can send requests to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — civicrm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — civicrm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8242-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28447 Upstream summary: Takuya Aramaki discovered that Smarty, vendored in CiviCRM, did not properly escape JavaScript code. An attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — perl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — perl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6112-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-31484 CVE-2020-16156 CVE-2020-10543 CVE-2020-10878 CVE-2020-12723 CVE-2018-18311 CVE-2018-18312 CVE-2018-18313  +2 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Perl was not properly verifying TLS certificates when using CPAN together […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2-signed — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2-signed — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6410-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4692 CVE-2023-4693 CVE-2022-28737 CVE-2021-3695 CVE-2021-3696 CVE-2021-3697 CVE-2021-3981 CVE-2022-28733  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that a specially crafted file system image could cause a heap-based out-of-bounds […]

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How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on Debian 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Install and Configure Fail2ban on Debian 12 on Debian 12 Bookworm. Debian Bookworm uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 12 install with the […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — prometheus-node-exporter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — prometheus-node-exporter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.5.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — prometheus-node-exporter 1.5.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46146 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships prometheus-node-exporter 1.5.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-46146. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How To Install and Use ClickHouse on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Use ClickHouse on Ubuntu 20.04

ClickHouse is an open source, column-oriented analytics database created by Yandex for OLAP and big data use cases. In this tutorial, you’ll install the ClickHouse database server and client on your machine. You’ll use the DBMS for typical tasks and optionally enable remote access from another server so that you’ll be able to connect to the database from another machine. Then you’ll test ClickHouse by modeling and querying example website-visit data.

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Oracle Linux 9 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2024-2758)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 November 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-2758 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-25742 CVE-2023-6240 CVE-2024-25743 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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Amazon Linux 2023 — yajl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — yajl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2023-279 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-33460 CVE-2022-24795 Upstream summary: There's a memory leak in yajl 2.1.0 with use of yajl_tree_parse function. which will cause out-of-memory in server and cause crash. (CVE-2023-33460) Table […]

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