Linux

Ubuntu 16.04 — usbredir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — usbredir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5784-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3700 Upstream summary: It was discovered that usbredir incorrectly handled memory when serializing large amounts of data in the case of a slow or blocked destination. An […]

Read more
Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-9037)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-9037 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28374 CVE-2020-36158 CVE-2020-29569 CVE-2021-20177 CVE-2020-29660 CVE-2020-29568 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

Read more
Debian 10 — xorg-server — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — xorg-server — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14345 CVE-2020-14360 CVE-2021-3472 CVE-2021-4008 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

Read more
AlmaLinux 8 — dleyna-core — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — dleyna-core — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:1586 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13012 CVE-2020-13543 CVE-2020-13584 CVE-2020-16125 CVE-2020-9948 CVE-2020-9951 CVE-2020-9983 CVE-2021-1817  +4 more Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later […]

Read more
How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 7

How to Set Up Vagrant and VirtualBox on RHEL 7 Vagrant is an open-source tool by HashiCorp that automates the creation, configuration, and management of virtualized development environments. Combined with VirtualBox as a hypervisor backend, Vagrant allows developers and operations engineers on RHEL 7 to spin up reproducible Linux (or Windows) virtual machines with a […]

Read more
Oracle Linux 8 — nodejs:18 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — nodejs:18 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-8833)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-8833 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-3517 CVE-2022-43548 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

Read more
openSUSE Tumbleweed — libslirp0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libslirp0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2020:0987-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10756 CVE-2021-3592 Upstream summary: An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU emulator. This flaw occurs in the icmp6_send_echoreply() […]

Read more
How To Use Dig, Whois, & Ping on an Ubuntu VPS to Query DNS Data — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Dig, Whois, & Ping on an Ubuntu VPS to Query DNS Data

Setting up domain names can be challenging for those who are inexperienced. The “dig” command can help verify that your domain settings are correct. This is also helpful for investigating how other websites set up their domain records. This guide will introduce the basics of how to query information with dig. It will also briefly explore the “ping” and “whois” commands.

Read more
Debian 11 — libunivalue — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libunivalue — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18936 Upstream summary: UniValue::read() in UniValue before 1.0.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (the class internal data reaches an inconsistent state) via input data that […]

Read more
CHAT