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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – ext4 filesystem errors force read-only remount – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 June 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 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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Debian 11 — nettle — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 June 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8803 CVE-2015-8804 CVE-2015-8805 CVE-2016-6489 CVE-2018-16869 CVE-2021-20305 CVE-2021-3580 Upstream summary: The ecc_256_modp function in ecc-256.c in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — libseccomp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libseccomp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2022:2029 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 June 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-6062 CVE-2008-0285 CVE-2009-4652 CVE-2020-14148 Upstream summary: irc-channel.c in ngIRCd before 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a JOIN command without a channel […]

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How to Configure LVM Thin Provisioning on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure LVM Thin Provisioning on Debian 11

Introduction Deploying configure lvm thin provisioning on debian 11 on a Debian 11 Bullseye machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Ensure Debian […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 June 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5464-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1304 CVE-2019-5188 CVE-2019-5094 Upstream summary: Nils Bars discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain file systems. A local attacker could use this issue with a crafted file system […]

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SLES 15 — jsoup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — jsoup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 June 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2022:3027-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-36033 Upstream summary: jsoup is a Java HTML parser, built for HTML editing, cleaning, scraping, and cross-site scripting (XSS) safety. jsoup may incorrectly sanitize HTML […]

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How to Use Nginx's map Module on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Nginx’s map Module on Ubuntu 16.04

When configuring a server for a website, there are some common conditional actions you may need to implement. For example, maybe some files should be cached by the user’s browser for longer than others, or some parts of the website should only be allowed via a secure…

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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-2021-9220)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 June 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-9220 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-28038 CVE-2021-28688 CVE-2021-28964 CVE-2021-3411 CVE-2021-29266 CVE-2021-28950 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Arch Linux — curl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — curl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201805-13 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000301 CVE-2018-1000300 CVE-2021-22901 CVE-2021-22898 CVE-2019-5436 CVE-2019-3823 CVE-2019-3822 CVE-2018-16890  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 7.59.0-2. Fixed in: 7.60.0-1. Group: AVG-694. Table of contents […]

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