Linux

Oracle Linux 8 — .NET 5.0 security and bugfix update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — .NET 5.0 security and bugfix update (ELSA-2021-3148)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-3148 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-26423 CVE-2021-34485 CVE-2021-34532 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

Read more
AlmaLinux 8 — pango — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — pango — 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-2021:4229 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 […]

Read more
SLES 12 — libzypp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libzypp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 May 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2021:276-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3200 CVE-2019-20387 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow vulnerability in libsolv 2020-12-13 via the Solver * testcase_read(Pool *pool, FILE *fp, const char *testcase, Queue *job, char **resultp, […]

Read more
How To Reset Your MySQL or MariaDB Root Password on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Reset Your MySQL or MariaDB Root Password on Ubuntu 18.04

Forgetting passwords happens to the best of us. If you forget or lose the **root** password to your MySQL or MariaDB database, you can still gain access and reset the password if you have access to the server and a sudo-enabled user account. In this tutorial you’ll reset the root password for your MySQL or MariaDB database running on Ubuntu 18.04.

Read more
Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9200)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9200 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-26341 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

Read more
Alpine Linux edge — gptfdisk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — gptfdisk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.0.6-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — gptfdisk 1.0.6-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-0308 CVE-2020-0256 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships gptfdisk 1.0.6-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-0308. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — kernel security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2023-2951)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2951 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-23454 CVE-2022-1679 CVE-2022-42722 CVE-2022-20141 CVE-2022-1462 CVE-2022-1789 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

Read more
CHAT