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How to Install Hadoop in Stand-Alone Mode on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Hadoop in Stand-Alone Mode on Ubuntu 16.04

Hadoop is a Java-based programming framework that supports the processing and storage of extremely large datasets on a cluster of inexpensive machines. It was the first major open source project in the big data playing field and is sponsored by the Apache Software Foundation. …

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Debian 11 — libproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4505 CVE-2012-5580 CVE-2020-25219 CVE-2020-26154 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the px_pac_reload function in lib/pac.c in libproxy 0.2.x and 0.3.x allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact […]

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How To Install Git on CentOS 8 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Git on CentOS 8

In this guide, we will go through how to install and configure Git on a CentOS 8 server. We will cover how to install the software two different ways: via the built-in package manager and via source. Each of these approaches has their own benefits depending on your specific needs.

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How To Install and Configure Postfix as a Send-Only SMTP Server on Ubuntu 22.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure Postfix as a Send-Only SMTP Server on Ubuntu 22.04

Postfix is a mail transfer agent (MTA), an application used to send and receive email. It can be configured so that it can be used to send emails by local application only. In this tutorial, you’ll install and configure Postfix on Ubuntu 22.04 as a send-only SMTP server. You’ll also request free TLS certificates from Let’s Encrypt for your domain and encrypt the outbound emails using them.

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Oracle Linux 8 — GraalVM — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — GraalVM — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9653)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 January 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9653 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-34169 CVE-2022-21541 CVE-2022-25647 CVE-2022-21549 CVE-2022-21540 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – root filesystem full causes service failures – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 December 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy) 📖 ~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 […]

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Debian 11 — libnet-cidr-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libnet-cidr-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4456 Upstream summary: Net::CIDR versions before 0.24 for Perl mishandle leading zeros in IP CIDR addresses, which may have unspecified impact. The functions `addr2cidr` and `cidrlookup` may return […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-mail/dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-mail/dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202310-19 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-30550 CVE-2020-24386 CVE-2020-25275 CVE-2020-12100 CVE-2020-12673 CVE-2020-12674 CVE-2021-29157 CVE-2021-33515 Upstream summary: A vulnerability has been discovered in Dovecot. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details. Table of contents […]

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

Debian 11 — libntlm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17455 Upstream summary: Libntlm through 1.5 relies on a fixed buffer size for tSmbNtlmAuthRequest, tSmbNtlmAuthChallenge, and tSmbNtlmAuthResponse read and write operations, as demonstrated by a stack-based buffer over-read […]

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

Debian 11 — simpleproxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1857 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in simpleproxy before 3.4 allows remote malicious HTTP proxies to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a reply. Table of […]

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