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Ubuntu 20.04 — lz4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — lz4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 March 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4968-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3520 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LZ4 incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into uncompressing a specially- crafted LZ4 […]

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How to Configure OpenTelemetry Collector on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure OpenTelemetry Collector on Debian 11

Introduction Deploying configure opentelemetry collector on debian 11 on a Debian 11 Bullseye machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Ensure Debian 11 […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — usbredir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — usbredir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 March 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5784-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3700 Upstream summary: It was discovered that usbredir incorrectly handled memory when serializing large amounts of data in the case of a slow or blocked destination. An […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — vim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-5813)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 March 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-5813 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1785 CVE-2022-1927 CVE-2022-1897 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby3.1-rubygem-nokogiri — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby3.1-rubygem-nokogiri — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-2025:14697-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29181 CVE-2022-24836 CVE-2022-24839 Upstream summary: Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for Ruby. Nokogiri prior to version 1.13.6 does not type-check all […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — virt:kvm_utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — virt:kvm_utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9700)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 March 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9700 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3507 CVE-2021-4206 CVE-2021-3975 CVE-2021-4207 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 8

Vagrant is a command-line tool for building and managing reproducible virtual machine environments, and when paired with VirtualBox it gives developers a fast, portable way to spin up isolated Linux VMs on a RHEL 8 host. Using a declarative Vagrantfile, you can define the base box, network settings, shared folders, and provisioning scripts so that […]

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How to Configure CentOS Stream 9 with Secure Boot — step-by-step CentOS Stream 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure CentOS Stream 9 with Secure Boot

Introduction Setting up configure centos stream 9 with secure boot on a CentOS Stream 9 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Configure CentOS Stream 9 with Secure Boot, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to keep in […]

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