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Ubuntu 16.04 — node-eventsource — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — node-eventsource — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 December 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6082-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1650 Upstream summary: It was discovered that EventSource incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — protobuf-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — protobuf-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 December 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5531-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-33070 Upstream summary: Pietro Borrello discovered that protobuf-c contained an invalid arithmetic shift. This vulnerability allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified […]

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How To Install and Configure OrientDB on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure OrientDB on Ubuntu 16.04

OrientDB is a multi-model NoSQL database with support for graph and document databases. It is a Java application and can run on any operating system. It’s also fully ACID-complaint with support for multi-master replication, allowing easy horizontal scaling. In this article, you’ll install and configure the latest Community edition of OrientDB on an Ubuntu 16.04 server.

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

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-12008)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 December 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-12008 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-42895 CVE-2022-4378 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — supportutils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — supportutils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:0293-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19637 CVE-2018-19639 CVE-2022-45154 CVE-2018-19640 CVE-2018-19638 Upstream summary: Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, wrote data to static file /tmp/supp_log, allowing local attackers to overwrite files on systems […]

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

Debian 11 — pev — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45423 Upstream summary: A Buffer Overflow vulnerabilityexists in Pev 0.81 via the pe_exports function from exports.c.. The array offsets_to_Names is dynamically allocated on the stack using exp->NumberOfFunctions as […]

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RHEL 9: Swap Not Activated at Boot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 December 2022 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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