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Oracle Linux 8 — binutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — binutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-6236)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 April 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-6236 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4285 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 Deploy a Spring Boot Application on CentOS Stream 9 — step-by-step CentOS Stream 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on CentOS Stream 9

Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on CentOS Stream 9 on CentOS Stream 9. It is written for administrators who want a repeatable, well-explained walkthrough that goes beyond a bare command list and explains each configuration choice. Every command is tested against a freshly registered CentOS Stream 9 system with […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Mellanox NIC interface name subject to change after upgrading from RHCK or UEK R6 to UEK R7 — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Mellanox NIC interface name subject to change after upgrading from RHCK or UEK R6 to UEK R7

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 April 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 34103369 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 […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libxmlb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:4436 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10759 Upstream summary: The gnome-software packages contain an application that makes it easy to add, remove, and update software in the GNOME desktop. The appstream-data package provides the distribution […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13990 Upstream summary: initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job description. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Debian 11: CIFS mount authentication fails with special-character credentials

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 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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Debian 11 — node-css-what — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — node-css-what — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33587 CVE-2022-21222 Upstream summary: The css-what package 4.0.0 through 5.0.0 for Node.js does not ensure that attribute parsing has Linear Time Complexity relative to the size of the […]

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Debian 11 — enigmail — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — enigmail — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-3256 CVE-2006-5877 CVE-2007-1264 CVE-2014-5369 CVE-2017-17688 CVE-2017-17843 CVE-2017-17844 CVE-2017-17845  +8 more Upstream summary: The key selection dialogue in Enigmail before 0.92.1 can incorrectly select a key with a user […]

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Debian 11 — ettercap — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ettercap — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1796 CVE-2010-3843 CVE-2010-3844 CVE-2013-0722 CVE-2014-6395 CVE-2014-6396 CVE-2014-9376 CVE-2014-9377  +8 more Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in the curses_msg function in the Ncurses interface (ec_curses.c) for Ettercap before 0.7.3 […]

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How to Set Up File Integrity Monitoring with AIDE on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up File Integrity Monitoring with AIDE on Debian 11

Introduction Debian 11 Bullseye is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up set up file integrity monitoring with aide 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 […]

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