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Debian 11 — gnome-shell — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gnome-shell — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-4000 CVE-2012-4427 CVE-2013-7220 CVE-2013-7221 CVE-2014-7300 CVE-2017-8288 CVE-2019-3820 CVE-2020-17489  +1 more Upstream summary: gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local […]

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Debian 11 — ldap-git-backup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ldap-git-backup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1425 Upstream summary: ldap-git-backup before 1.0.4 exposes password hashes due to incorrect directory permissions. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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How To Use Cron to Automate Tasks on CentOS 8 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Cron to Automate Tasks on CentOS 8

Cron is a time-based job scheduling daemon found in Unix-like operating systems, including Linux distributions. This guide provides an overview of how to schedule tasks using cron’s special syntax on a machine running CentOS 8. It also goes over a few shortcuts one can use to make job schedules easier to write and understand.

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — npm16 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — npm16 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2022:2721-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-35255 CVE-2022-32212 CVE-2022-32215 CVE-2022-35256 CVE-2022-31150 CVE-2022-35949 CVE-2022-29244 CVE-2022-32213  +4 more Upstream summary: A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — klibc — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — klibc — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 October 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7959-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9843 CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2018-25032 CVE-2022-37434 CVE-2021-31870 CVE-2021-31871 CVE-2021-31872  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that zlib, vendored in klibc, did not properly handle integer arithmetic. An […]

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How To Install Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (Elastic Stack) on CentOS 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (Elastic Stack) on CentOS 7

In this tutorial for CentOS 7, you will learn how to install all of the components of the Elastic Stack, a collection of open-source software produced by Elastic which allows you to search, analyze, and visualize logs generated from any source in any format, a practice known as centralized logging. You will install and configure the search engine Elasticsearch, the Kibana dashboard interface, and data processing component Logstash, in addition to the Filebeat data shipper.

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libbpf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libbpf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 October 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5759-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-3534 CVE-2022-3606 Upstream summary: USN-5759-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibBPF. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that LibBPF […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — postgresql:12 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — postgresql:12 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-4807)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 October 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-4807 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1552 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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How to Install Rust with rustup on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Rust with rustup on Debian 11

Introduction How to Install Rust with rustup on Debian 11 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 11 Bullseye server. Debian 11 Bullseye ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 11. […]

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How to Install and Use Podman with Buildah on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Use Podman with Buildah on RHEL 9

Buildah is a daemonless, rootless command-line tool for building OCI-compliant container images — without requiring a running Docker daemon or root privileges. On RHEL 9, Buildah ships as a first-class tool alongside Podman, and the two integrate tightly: images built with Buildah appear immediately in Podman’s local image store. Buildah’s fine-grained API lets you build […]

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