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Initial Server Setup with RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

Initial Server Setup with RHEL 8

After provisioning a new RHEL 8 server, taking a few minutes to harden and configure the system goes a long way toward keeping it stable and secure. This guide walks you through the essential post-installation steps: updating packages, setting a hostname and timezone, locking down SSH, creating a non-root administrative user, and confirming that SELinux […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2019-1479)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1479 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9213 CVE-2019-11479 CVE-2019-11477 CVE-2019-11478 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — sshpass — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — sshpass — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:1826 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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AlmaLinux 8 — openchange — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — openchange — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-2021:1647 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14318 CVE-2020-14323 CVE-2020-1472 Upstream summary: Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and the related Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, which allow PC-compatible […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — gcc-toolset-10-annobin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — gcc-toolset-10-annobin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4592 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42574 Upstream summary: Annobin provides a compiler plugin to annotate and tools to examine compiled binary files. Security Fix(es): * Developer environment: Unicode's bidirectional (BiDi) override characters can cause […]

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How to Configure nftables Firewall on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure nftables Firewall on RHEL 8

nftables is the modern replacement for iptables, ip6tables, arptables, and ebtables, and it ships in the RHEL 8 kernel by default. It uses a single unified rule language, supports atomic rule set replacement, and performs better at scale due to its netlink-based architecture. While firewalld can use nftables as its backend, many system administrators prefer […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4688-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9782 CVE-2018-18873 CVE-2018-19542 CVE-2020-27828 CVE-2015-5203 CVE-2015-5221 CVE-2016-10248 CVE-2016-10250  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libfastjson4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libfastjson4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2022:0184-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12762 Upstream summary: json-c through 0.14 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file, as demonstrated by printbuf_memappend. Table of contents […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — virt:ol and virt-devel:ol — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — virt:ol and virt-devel:ol — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-5264)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-5264 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-40284 CVE-2023-3354 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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