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Oracle Linux 9 — python3.11 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — python3.11 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-6494)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 May 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-6494 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-41105 CVE-2007-4559 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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How to Configure the Firewall on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure the Firewall on RHEL 8

RHEL 8 ships with firewalld as its default firewall management layer, replacing the older iptables static ruleset approach with a dynamic, zone-based model. Zones define the level of trust assigned to network interfaces and traffic sources, and rules can be added or removed at runtime without flushing the entire ruleset. This guide covers the essential […]

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Oracle Linux 9 – Common Problem 006 – Diagnosis and Fix

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 May 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~2 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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Amazon Linux 2023 — pkgconf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — pkgconf — vulnerability — 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 ALAS2023-2023-159 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-24056 Upstream summary: In pkgconf through 1.9.3, variable duplication can cause unbounded string expansion due to incorrect checks in libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse. For example, a .pc file containing a […]

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RHEL 7 yum Lock Held by PackageKit

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 May 2023 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~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 16.04 — docker-registry — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — docker-registry — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6336-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11468 CVE-2023-2253 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Docker Registry incorrectly handled certain crafted input, A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — sosreport — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — sosreport — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5636-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2806 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SoS incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.106-102.504 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.106-102.504 — 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 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2022-077 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1786 Upstream summary: io_uring: always use original task when preparing req identity (CVE-2022-1786) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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SLES 15 — saphanabootstrap-formula — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — saphanabootstrap-formula — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 May 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:0009-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-45153 Upstream summary: An Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in saphanabootstrap-formula of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for SAP Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP […]

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SLES 15 — libaom3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libaom3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 May 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:0517-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-6879 Upstream summary: Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded encode, can result in a heap overflow in av1_loop_restoration_dealloc(). Table of contents […]

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