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

AlmaLinux 8 — libpinyin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:1790 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 — cscope — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — cscope — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0996 CVE-2004-2541 CVE-2006-4262 CVE-2009-0148 CVE-2009-1577 Upstream summary: main.c in cscope 15-4 and 15-5 creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via […]

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

Debian 11 — netpanzer — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2295 CVE-2006-2575 Upstream summary: NetPanzer 0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet with a zero datablock size. Table […]

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How To Set Up Nginx with HTTP/2 Support on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Nginx with HTTP/2 Support on Ubuntu 16.04

NGINX is a fast and reliable open-source web server. It gained its popularity due to its low memory footprint, high scalability, ease of configuration, and support for the vast majority of different protocols. The main advantage of HTTP/2 is its high transfer speed for content-rich websites.

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Debian 10 — libsndfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — libsndfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3246 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 — plib — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4620 CVE-2012-4552 CVE-2021-38714 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the ulSetError function in util/ulError.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5, as used in TORCS 1.3.1 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — clang — 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-2021:4743 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42574 Upstream summary: LLVM Toolset provides the LLVM compiler infrastructure framework, the Clang compiler for the C and C++ languages, the LLDB debugger, and related tools for code analysis. […]

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How To Set Up GitLab As Your Very Own Private GitHub Clone — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up GitLab As Your Very Own Private GitHub Clone

GitLab provides a simple but powerful web based interface to your Git repositories a la GitHub. Only you can host it on your own cloud server, control access as you see fit, and repo size is limited only by how much storage space your server has. This tutorial will walk you through setting up a the cloud provider VPS as a GitLab server.

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-1062 CVE-2006-1063 CVE-2006-1064 Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in lurker.cgi for Lurker 2.0 and earlier allows attackers to read arbitrary files via unknown vectors. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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How to Install InfluxDB and Telegraf on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install InfluxDB and Telegraf on RHEL 7

How to Install InfluxDB and Telegraf on RHEL 7 InfluxDB is a purpose-built time series database optimised for the high-write workloads that are typical in infrastructure monitoring, IoT data collection, and application performance tracking. Unlike general-purpose databases, InfluxDB stores measurements indexed by timestamp and tag values, enabling sub-millisecond queries across billions of data points. Telegraf […]

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