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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – kernel update leaves system stuck on old version – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 November 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libdnf — 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-2021:4464 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3445 Upstream summary: dnf is a package manager that allows users to manage packages on their systems. It supports RPMs, modules and comps groups & environments. Security Fix(es): * […]

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

Debian 11 — node-kind-of — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20149 Upstream summary: ctorName in index.js in kind-of v6.0.2 allows external user input to overwrite certain internal attributes via a conflicting name, as demonstrated by 'constructor': {'name':'Symbol'}. Hence, […]

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Debian 11 — mikmod — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — mikmod — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0427 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in mikmod 3.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an archive file that contains a file with a long […]

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Debian 10 — subversion — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — subversion — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11782 CVE-2020-17525 CVE-2021-28544 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 — python38-mechanize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-mechanize — vulnerability — 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-2023:0030-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32837 Upstream summary: mechanize, a library for automatically interacting with HTTP web servers, contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to regular expression denial of […]

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How to Build Grafana Dashboards for Linux Server Metrics on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Build Grafana Dashboards for Linux Server Metrics on RHEL 7

How to Build Grafana Dashboards for Linux Server Metrics on RHEL 7 Grafana is the de facto standard for visualising time-series data collected by Prometheus, InfluxDB, Graphite, and dozens of other data sources. A well-constructed Grafana dashboard can surface CPU saturation, memory pressure, disk I/O bottlenecks, and network anomalies at a glance, dramatically reducing the […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — grub2 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — grub2 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-2110)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-2110 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3981 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 — splitvt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — splitvt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0162 Upstream summary: misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges. Table of contents Symptom […]

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