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Ubuntu 18.04 — screen — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — screen — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 October 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6198-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-24626 CVE-2021-26937 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNU Screen was not properly checking user identifiers before sending certain signals to target processes. If GNU Screen was […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — swish-e — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — swish-e — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 October 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8240-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25236 CVE-2022-25235 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Expat, vendored in Swish-e incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — keepalived — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — keepalived — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 2.2.7-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — keepalived 2.2.7-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44225 CVE-2018-19044 CVE-2018-19045 CVE-2018-19046 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships keepalived 2.2.7-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-44225. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – Disk fills from runaway journald logs – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 October 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 📖 ~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 Write Ansible Playbooks for Debian 12 Systems — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Write Ansible Playbooks for Debian 12 Systems

Introduction Debian 12 Bookworm is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up write ansible playbooks for debian 12 systems on Bookworm leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Bookworm freeze. Follow each step carefully and […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — mingw-gcc — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — mingw-gcc — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2022-8415)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 October 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-8415 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46195 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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AlmaLinux 9 — gcc-toolset-13-gcc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — gcc-toolset-13-gcc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2025:1309 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11023 Upstream summary: The gcc-toolset-13-gcc13 package contains the GNU Compiler Collection version 13. Security Fix(es): * jquery: Untrusted code execution via <option> tag in HTML passed to DOM manipulation […]

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How to Deploy a Zend Framework Application on CentOS Stream 9 — step-by-step CentOS Stream 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Zend Framework Application on CentOS Stream 9

Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to Deploy a Zend Framework Application on CentOS Stream 9 on CentOS Stream 9. It is written for administrators who want a repeatable, well-explained walkthrough that goes beyond a bare command list and explains each configuration choice. Every command is tested against a freshly registered CentOS Stream 9 system with […]

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Debian 12 — espeak-ng — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — espeak-ng — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 October 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49990 CVE-2023-49991 CVE-2023-49992 CVE-2023-49993 CVE-2023-49994 Upstream summary: Espeak-ng 1.52-dev was discovered to contain a buffer-overflow via the function SetUpPhonemeTable at synthdata.c. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 12 — openjpa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — openjpa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 October 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1768 Upstream summary: The BrokerFactory functionality in Apache OpenJPA 1.x before 1.2.3 and 2.x before 2.2.2 creates local executable JSP files containing logging trace data produced during deserialization […]

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