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Oracle Linux 8 — edk2 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — edk2 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-1712)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1712 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14563 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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Debian 11 — php-htmlpurifier — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — php-htmlpurifier — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2479 CVE-2010-4183 Upstream summary: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HTML Purifier before 4.1.1, as used in Mahara and other products, when the browser is Internet Explorer, allows remote […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libfprint — 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-2021:1889 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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Debian 11 — rpcbind — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — rpcbind — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2061 CVE-2010-2064 CVE-2015-7236 CVE-2017-8779 Upstream summary: rpcbind 0.2.0 does not properly validate (1) /tmp/portmap.xdr and (2) /tmp/rpcbind.xdr, which can be created by an attacker before the daemon is […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — janus-gateway — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — janus-gateway — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4020 Upstream summary: janus-gateway is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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Debian 11 — exuberant-ctags — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — exuberant-ctags — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7204 CVE-2022-4515 Upstream summary: jscript.c in Exuberant Ctags 5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.10.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — inspircd 3.10.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33586 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships inspircd 3.10.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-33586. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-qs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-qs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 January 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7693-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24999 Upstream summary: Nathanael Braun and Johan Brissaud discovered that qs was vulnerable to prototype pollution. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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How To Protect an Nginx Server with Fail2Ban on Rocky Linux 8 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Protect an Nginx Server with Fail2Ban on Rocky Linux 8

In this guide, you will learn how to install `fail2ban` on a Rocky Linux 8 server and configure it to monitor your Nginx logs for intrusion attempts. Fail2ban can significantly mitigate brute force attacks by creating rules that automatically alter your firewall configuration to ban specific IPs after a certain number of unsuccessful login attempts. This will allow your server to harden itself against these access attempts without intervention from you.

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