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Ubuntu 16.04 — gmp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — gmp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5672-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43618 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GMP did not properly manage memory on 32-bit platforms when processing a specially crafted input. An attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — lrzip — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — lrzip — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5840-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5786 CVE-2020-25467 CVE-2021-27345 CVE-2021-27347 CVE-2022-26291 CVE-2022-28044 CVE-2017-8844 CVE-2017-8846  +7 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled pointers. If a user or an […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — conmon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — conmon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 May 2022 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2023:2222 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-41717 Upstream summary: Conmon is an OCI container runtime monitor. Security Fix(es): * golang: net/http: excessive memory growth in a Go server accepting HTTP/2 requests (CVE-2022-41717) For more […]

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Debian 10 — openldap — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — openldap — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12243 CVE-2020-25692 CVE-2020-25709 CVE-2020-36221 CVE-2021-27212 CVE-2022-29155 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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How To Install and Secure Grafana on Ubuntu 22.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Secure Grafana on Ubuntu 22.04

Grafana is an open-source data visualization and monitoring tool that integrates with complex data sources like Prometheus and ElasticSearch. Grafana lets you create alerts, notifications, and ad-hoc filters for your data while also making collaboration with your teammates easier through built-in sharing features. In this tutorial, you will install Grafana and secure it with an SSL certificate and an Nginx reverse proxy. You will also set up GitHub authentication.

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Gentoo Linux — sci-libs/gdal — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sci-libs/gdal — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202210-15 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45943 Upstream summary: GDAL does not sufficiently sanitize input when loading PCIDSK binary segments. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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How to Install Lighttpd on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Lighttpd on Debian 11

Introduction Debian 11 Bullseye is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up install lighttpd on debian 11 on Bullseye leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Bullseye freeze. Follow each step carefully and the resulting […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — evince — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:1881 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27778 Upstream summary: Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince. The evince packages provide a simple multi-page document viewer for Portable […]

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

Debian 11 — ruby-websocket-extensions — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7663 Upstream summary: websocket-extensions ruby module prior to 0.1.5 allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Regex Backtracking. The extension parser may take quadratic time when parsing a header […]

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