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How to Set Up Puppet Agent on CentOS Stream 9 — step-by-step CentOS Stream 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Puppet Agent on CentOS Stream 9

Introduction How to Set Up Puppet Agent 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 configuration […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtdeclarative — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtdeclarative — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-2021:4172 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3481 CVE-2018-19869 CVE-2018-19871 CVE-2018-19872 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: adwaita-qt (1.2.1), python-qt5 (5.15.0), […]

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Debian 11 – ext4 filesystem remounts read-only after I/O errors

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 April 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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How to Install kubeadm and Set Up a Kubernetes Cluster on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install kubeadm and Set Up a Kubernetes Cluster on Debian 11

Introduction This guide explains how to Install kubeadm and Set Up a Kubernetes Cluster 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 […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — pixman — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — pixman — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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-2024:0131 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-44638 CVE-2020-35492 Upstream summary: Pixman is a pixel manipulation library for the X Window System and Cairo. Security Fix(es): * pixman: Integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y leading to heap out-of-bounds […]

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

Debian 11 — tiger — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-3927 Upstream summary: genmsgidx in Tiger 3.2.2 allows local users to overwrite or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — squashfs-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — squashfs-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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-2024:3139 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40153 CVE-2021-41072 Upstream summary: SquashFS is a highly compressed read-only file system for Linux. These packages contain the utilities for manipulating squashfs file systems. Security Fix(es): * squashfs-tools: unvalidated […]

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

Debian 11 — guilt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5207 Upstream summary: guilt 0.27 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a guilt.log.[PID] temporary file. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 11 — db4o — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — db4o — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-6550 CVE-2013-1808 CVE-2014-1869 Upstream summary: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ZeroClipboard before 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via "the clipText returned from […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.68-62.173 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.68-62.173 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-073 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4002 CVE-2021-43267 Upstream summary: A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory […]

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