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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Repository Does Not Have a Release File

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — messagelib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — messagelib — 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-2021:0188-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10732 CVE-2021-31855 Upstream summary: In KDE KMail 5.2.3, an attacker in possession of S/MIME or PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — firefox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — firefox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4926-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23994 CVE-2021-23995 CVE-2021-23996 CVE-2021-23997 CVE-2021-23998 CVE-2021-23999 CVE-2021-24000 CVE-2021-24001  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a […]

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SLES 15 — jsr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — jsr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 June 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2022:1357-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-37714 Upstream summary: jsoup is a Java library for working with HTML. Those using jsoup versions prior to 1.14.2 to parse untrusted HTML or XML […]

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Arch Linux — awstats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — awstats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202103-15 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35176 Upstream summary: Type: directory traversal. Status: Fixed. Affected: 7.8-2. Fixed in: 7.8-3. Group: AVG-1356. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — libldb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libldb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-1197)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-1197 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20277 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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How To Create an SSL Certificate on Apache for CentOS 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Create an SSL Certificate on Apache for CentOS 7

SSL is a web protocol used to encrypt a site’s information and create a more secure connection. The certificate system also assists users in verifying the identity of the sites that they are connecting with. In this guide, we will show you how to set up a self-signed SSL certificate for use with an Apache web server on a CentOS 7 VPS.

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