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openSUSE Tumbleweed — rke — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — rke — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-25745 CVE-2021-25742 Upstream summary: A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where a user that can create or update ingress objects can use the spec.rules[].http.paths[].path […]

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How To Move an Nginx Web Root to a New Location on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Move an Nginx Web Root to a New Location on Ubuntu 18.04

On Ubuntu, by default, the Nginx web server stores its documents in `/var/www/html`, which is typically located on the root filesystem with the rest of the operating system. Sometimes, though, it’s helpful to move the document root to another location, such as a separate mounted filesystem.

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Arch Linux — tpm2-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — tpm2-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202106-55 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3565 Upstream summary: Type: man-in-the-middle. Status: Fixed. Affected: 5.1-1. Fixed in: 5.1.1-1. Group: AVG-1986. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick […]

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Debian 11 — ruby-bindata — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ruby-bindata — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32823 Upstream summary: In the bindata RubyGem before version 2.4.10 there is a potential denial-of-service vulnerability. In affected versions it is very slow for certain classes in BinData […]

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Debian 11 — gnome-screensaver — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gnome-screensaver — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-1335 CVE-2007-3920 CVE-2007-6389 CVE-2008-0887 CVE-2009-4641 CVE-2009-4642 CVE-2010-0285 CVE-2010-0414  +1 more Upstream summary: gnome screensaver before 2.14, when running on an X server with AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs enabled, allows […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-5077 CVE-2011-2764 CVE-2011-3012 Upstream summary: server/sv_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of […]

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How to Configure sudo and Sudoers on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure sudo and Sudoers on RHEL 7

How to Configure sudo and Sudoers on RHEL 7 On a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 system, it is a fundamental security best practice to avoid performing routine administrative tasks directly as the root user. The sudo utility allows designated regular users to execute specific commands — or all commands — with root-level privileges, while […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — container-tools:ol8 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — container-tools:ol8 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2021-4154)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 September 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4154 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20291 CVE-2021-3602 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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