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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-2020-5996)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-5996 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8695 CVE-2020-25704 CVE-2020-27673 CVE-2020-25656 CVE-2020-28915 CVE-2020-25668 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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How To Add Swap on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Add Swap on Ubuntu 14.04

Swap space can be used as an “overflow” area for your system when you run out of RAM. The operating system can store data that would normally be kept in RAM on the hard drive in a specially formatted file. In this guide, we’ll demonstrate how to create and use one of these files in Ubuntu 14.04.

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How to Install Ruby on Rails on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Ruby on Rails on Debian 9

Introduction How to Install Ruby on Rails on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 9. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — go-toolset:ol8 — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — go-toolset:ol8 — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2022-1819)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-1819 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-38297 CVE-2021-41771 CVE-2022-23772 CVE-2022-23806 CVE-2021-41772 CVE-2021-39293 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — memcached — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — memcached — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2MEMCACHED1.5-2025-001 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-37519 CVE-2018-1000115 Upstream summary: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file. (CVE-2021-37519) Table of contents […]

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Debian 9 – time synchronization fails causing TLS and auth errors

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~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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RHEL 10 Chronyd Time Drift Causes Kerberos Authentication Failures

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: RHEL 10 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 20.04 — libdbi-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libdbi-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5030-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-10402 CVE-2020-14393 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Perl DBI module incorrectly opened files outside of the folder specified in the data source name. A remote […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — libsndfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-3253)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-3253 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3246 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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