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Ubuntu 20.04 — etcd — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — etcd — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 August 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6189-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-28235 CVE-2020-15106 CVE-2020-15112 CVE-2020-15113 CVE-2020-15114 Upstream summary: It was discovered that etcd leaked credentials when debugging was enabled. This allowed remote attackers to discover etcd authentication credentials […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — cloud-init security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2023-6943)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-6943 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-1786 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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AlmaLinux 8 — python-rpm-macros — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python-rpm-macros — 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-2021:1923 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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RHEL 7 Postfix queue growth due to DNS and firewalld egress restrictions

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 August 2021 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~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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How To Set Up Time Synchronization on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Time Synchronization on Ubuntu 18.04

Accurate timekeeping has become a critical component of modern software deployments. Whether it’s making sure logs are recorded in the right order or database updates are applied correctly, out-of-sync time can cause errors, data corruption, and other hard to debug…

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AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtquickcontrols2 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtquickcontrols2 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-2021:4172 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3481 CVE-2018-19869 CVE-2018-19871 CVE-2018-19872 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: adwaita-qt (1.2.1), python-qt5 (5.15.0), […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-ruby/mechanize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-ruby/mechanize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-17 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21289 Upstream summary: Mechanize does not neutralize filename input and could allow arbitrary code execution if an attacker can control filenames used by Mechanize. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-babel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-babel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 August 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4962-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20095 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Babel incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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