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Ubuntu 18.04 — adminer — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — adminer — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 November 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5271-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35572 CVE-2021-21311 CVE-2021-29625 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Adminer did not escape data in the history parameter of the default URI. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — gnutls — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9221)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 November 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9221 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3580 CVE-2021-20232 CVE-2021-20231 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 Install and Configure vim and nano on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure vim and nano on RHEL 7

How to Install and Configure vim and nano on RHEL 7 Every Linux system administrator spends a significant portion of their time editing configuration files, scripts, and documentation directly on the server. RHEL 7 includes the minimal vi editor by default, but the full-featured vim and the beginner-friendly nano are far more practical for daily […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — webkit2gtk3 — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — webkit2gtk3 — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-2834)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 November 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2834 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-23518 CVE-2022-42823 CVE-2022-46691 CVE-2022-46698 CVE-2023-25360 CVE-2023-23517 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — opa-ff — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — opa-ff — 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-2022:2014 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 — vtk7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — vtk7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42521 Upstream summary: There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in VTK before 9.2.5, and it lies in IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx. The vendor didn't check the return value of libxml2 […]

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How to Configure a VXLAN Overlay Network on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure a VXLAN Overlay Network on Debian 9

Introduction How to Configure a VXLAN Overlay Network on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch 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 […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdnf2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdnf2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:2685-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3445 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in libdnf's signature verification functionality in versions before 0.60.1. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve code execution […]

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