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Oracle Linux 9 — galera, mariadb, and mysql-selinux security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — galera, mariadb, and mysql-selinux security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-5948)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-5948 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46663 CVE-2022-27387 CVE-2022-27458 CVE-2022-27455 CVE-2022-24048 CVE-2021-46659 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS UFW Rules Applied but Traffic Still Blocked

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: 20.04 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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AlmaLinux 8 — cyrus-sasl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — cyrus-sasl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2022:0658 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24407 CVE-2019-19906 Upstream summary: The cyrus-sasl packages contain the Cyrus implementation of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL). SASL is a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols. […]

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Debian 11 — jline3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — jline3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-50572 Upstream summary: An issue in the component GroovyEngine.execute of jline-groovy v3.24.1 allows attackers to cause an OOM (OutofMemory) error. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6824-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40633 CVE-2022-28506 CVE-2023-39742 CVE-2016-3977 CVE-2018-11490 CVE-2019-15133 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Debian 9 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Debian 9

Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. In this tutorial, you will use Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on Debian 9 and set up your certificate to renew automatically.

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gcc-10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gcc-10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7700-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4039 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the -fstack-protector hardening feature in GCC for AArch64 did not properly protect dynamically-sized local variables such as those created using […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — ujson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — ujson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6629-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45958 CVE-2022-31116 CVE-2022-31117 Upstream summary: USN-6629-1 fixed vulnerabilities in UltraJSON. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-12121)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-12121 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-42896 CVE-2022-4139 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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