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Oracle Linux 9 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-7178)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 September 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-7178 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-39249 CVE-2022-42929 CVE-2022-42927 CVE-2022-39251 CVE-2022-39236 CVE-2022-42928 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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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-2023-12009)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 September 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-12009 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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Ubuntu 22.04 GRUB Rescue Prompt After Kernel Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 22 September 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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How to Configure /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf and DNS Resolution on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf and DNS Resolution on RHEL 7

How to Configure /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf and DNS Resolution on RHEL 7 DNS resolution is one of the first things you troubleshoot when a server cannot reach other hosts by name. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, name resolution is controlled by a layered system involving /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf, and NetworkManager. Understanding how these files interact […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — dnf-plugin-spacewalk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — dnf-plugin-spacewalk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2019:3474 Upstream summary: Satellite 5 client module provides programs and libraries that allow your system to use provisioning, monitoring, and configuration management capabilities provided by AlmaLinux Satellite 5. This update fixes the […]

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Debian 11 — libitext1-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libitext1-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-37819 Upstream summary: PDF Labs pdftk-java v3.2.3 was discovered to contain an infinite loop via the component /text/pdf/PdfReader.java. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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Debian 11 — gajim — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gajim — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2085 CVE-2012-2086 CVE-2012-2093 CVE-2012-5524 CVE-2015-8688 CVE-2016-10376 CVE-2022-39835 Upstream summary: The exec_command function in common/helpers.py in Gajim before 0.15 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — clutter — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — clutter — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:1766 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20337 CVE-2019-12447 CVE-2019-12448 CVE-2019-12449 CVE-2019-3825 Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. Security Fix(es): * LibRaw: stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp (CVE-2018-20337) […]

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Debian 11 — ruby-http — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ruby-http — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1828 Upstream summary: The Ruby http gem before 0.7.3 does not verify hostnames in SSL connections, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle-attack. […]

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

Debian 11 — hiera — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3248 Upstream summary: Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before […]

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