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How to Harden SSH on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Harden SSH on RHEL 7

How to Harden SSH on RHEL 7 SSH (Secure Shell) is the primary remote administration protocol for RHEL 7 servers, and by default its configuration leaves several attack vectors open. Brute-force attacks against exposed SSH ports are constant on any internet-facing host, making SSH hardening one of the first tasks every RHEL 7 administrator should […]

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How To Install and Secure Grafana on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Secure Grafana on Ubuntu 20.04

Grafana is an open-source data visualization and monitoring tool that integrates with complex data sources like Prometheus and ElasticSearch. Grafana lets you create alerts, notifications, and ad-hoc filters for your data while also making collaboration with your teammates easier through built-in sharing features. In this tutorial, you will install Grafana and secure it with an SSL certificate and an Nginx reverse proxy. You will also set up GitHub authentication.

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AlmaLinux 8 — libnl3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libnl3 — 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-2020:1847 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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Oracle Linux 8 — gnutls — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — gnutls — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2020-5483)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-5483 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24659 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 — dpkg-cross — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — dpkg-cross — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4950 Upstream summary: gccross in dpkg-cross 2.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the tmp/gccross2.log temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this […]

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Debian 11 — user-mode-linux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — user-mode-linux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-2016 Upstream summary: User-mode Linux (UML) 2.4.17-8 does not restrict access to kernel address space, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — pyOpenSSL — 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-2021:1793 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 — audiofile — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — audiofile — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5824 CVE-2015-7747 CVE-2017-6827 CVE-2017-6828 CVE-2017-6829 CVE-2017-6830 CVE-2017-6831 CVE-2017-6832  +12 more Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in msadpcm.c in libaudiofile in audiofile 0.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-hwe — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-hwe — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5014-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33909 CVE-2021-3609 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1924611 CVE-2021-29154 CVE-2021-3492 CVE-2021-3493 CVE-2020-27170 CVE-2020-27171  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the virtual file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an […]

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