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Amazon Linux 2 — slapi-nis — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — slapi-nis — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2021-1646 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3480 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in slapi-nis. A NULL pointer dereference during the parsing of the Binding DN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to crash […]

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Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/ipmitool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/ipmitool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202101-03 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5208 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ipmiool. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — SDL — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — SDL — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:1218-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33657 CVE-2019-13616 CVE-2019-7572 CVE-2019-7573 CVE-2019-7574 CVE-2019-7575 CVE-2019-7577 CVE-2019-7578  +4 more Upstream summary: There is a heap overflow problem in video/SDL_pixels.c in SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — libgcrypt security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-4482)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 July 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4482 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13627 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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RHEL 8 NetworkManager DNS Resolution Intermittent

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 July 2021 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How To Install MediaWiki on Centos 6.4 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install MediaWiki on Centos 6.4

MediaWiki is a free open source wiki program that allows users to create their own personal wiki sites. Originally built for Wikpedia, it is now used by thousands of other projects due to its scalability and high customization. This tutorial goes through how to install and configure MediaWiki on a CentOS 6.4 VPS.

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