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openSUSE Tumbleweed — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-2022:0104-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-27227 CVE-2016-2120 CVE-2018-1046 CVE-2021-36754 CVE-2006-2069 CVE-2008-3337 CVE-2012-0206 CVE-2015-1868  +12 more Upstream summary: In PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.4.3, 4.5.x before 4.5.4, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1 […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — container-tools:1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — container-tools:1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-0705)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 May 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-0705 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20188 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 Configure cAdvisor Container Metrics on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure cAdvisor Container Metrics on Debian 11

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure cAdvisor Container Metrics on Debian 11 on Debian 11 Bullseye. Debian Bullseye uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 11 install with the […]

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Gentoo Linux — media-libs/virglrenderer — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — media-libs/virglrenderer — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202210-05 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0135 CVE-2022-0175 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in virglrenderer. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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How to Set Up SSH Two-Factor Authentication on CentOS Stream 9 — step-by-step CentOS Stream 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SSH Two-Factor Authentication on CentOS Stream 9

Introduction How to Set Up SSH Two-Factor Authentication on CentOS Stream 9 on CentOS Stream 9 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting […]

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Alpine Linux edge — seatd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — seatd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.6.2-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — seatd 0.6.2-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41387 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships seatd 0.6.2-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-41387. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 11 – time synchronization fails causing TLS and auth errors

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 10 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 📖 ~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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Gentoo Linux — dev-util/schroot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-util/schroot — 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-202210-11 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2787 Upstream summary: schroot is unecessarily permissive in rules regarding chroot and session names. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — go-rpm-macros — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — go-rpm-macros — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2022-1863 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1705 CVE-2022-1962 CVE-2022-1996 CVE-2022-24675 CVE-2022-27191 CVE-2022-27664 CVE-2022-28131 CVE-2022-28327  +8 more Upstream summary: 2023-05-11: CVE-2022-1996 has changed status to NOT AFFECTED for this package and has been removed […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — apache-log4j2 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — apache-log4j2 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5222-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44832 CVE-2021-45105 CVE-2021-45046 CVE-2021-44228 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Log4j 2 was vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) attack when configured to use a JDBC […]

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