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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3253 CVE-2016-6814 CVE-2020-17521 Upstream summary: The MethodClosure class in runtime/MethodClosure.java in Apache Groovy 1.7.0 through 2.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of […]

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Debian 11 — node-stringstream — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — node-stringstream — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-21270 Upstream summary: Versions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read because of allocation of uninitialized buffers when a number is […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libmaxminddb — 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-2024:0768 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28241 Upstream summary: The libmaxminddb package contains the MaxMind DB library. Security Fix(es): * libmaxminddb: improper initialization in dump_entry_data_list() in maxminddb.c (CVE-2020-28241) For more details about the security issue(s), […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-hwe-5.8 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-hwe-5.8 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 April 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5016-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23134 CVE-2021-32399 CVE-2021-33034 CVE-2021-33909 CVE-2021-3506 CVE-2020-24586 CVE-2020-24587 CVE-2020-24588  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the virtual file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — ruby:2.5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ruby:2.5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-7539)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 April 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-7539 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19012 CVE-2021-43809 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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How to Set Up MariaDB Replication on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up MariaDB Replication on Debian 11

Introduction How to Set Up MariaDB Replication on Debian 11 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 11 Bullseye server. Debian 11 Bullseye ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 11. […]

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Alpine Linux edge — ruby-nokogiri — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — ruby-nokogiri — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.13.6-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ruby-nokogiri 1.13.6-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29181 CVE-2022-24836 CVE-2022-23476 CVE-2020-26247 CVE-2019-5477 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships ruby-nokogiri 1.13.6-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-29181. Table of contents […]

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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-2022-9264)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 April 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9264 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1158 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — jhead — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — jhead — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-2022:10202-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-34055 CVE-2022-41751 CVE-2021-3496 CVE-2008-4575 CVE-2008-4641 CVE-2018-6612 CVE-2016-3822 CVE-2018-16554  +1 more Upstream summary: jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u. Table […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — mcelog — 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-2022:2010 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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