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Ubuntu 16.04 — tomcat7 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — tomcat7 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7282-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12616 CVE-2017-12617 CVE-2019-0221 CVE-2020-9484 CVE-2021-25329 CVE-2016-5388 CVE-2018-1336 CVE-2015-5174  +7 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled being configured with HTTP PUTs enabled. A remote […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — olcne — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-9525)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 April 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-9525 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32781 CVE-2021-32778 CVE-2021-32777 CVE-2021-32779 CVE-2021-32780 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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Arch Linux — libssh — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — libssh — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201810-10 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10933 CVE-2020-1730 Upstream summary: Type: authentication bypass. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.8.3-1. Fixed in: 0.8.4-1. Group: AVG-780. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Configure Huge Pages for Database Performance on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Huge Pages for Database Performance on RHEL 8

Huge pages reduce the overhead of virtual memory management by using larger memory page sizes — typically 2 MB instead of the default 4 KB. For memory-intensive databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, huge pages eliminate millions of Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) misses per second, lower page table walk overhead, and prevent the kernel […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — grafana security and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — grafana security and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2023-6972)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 April 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-6972 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3128 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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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS apt-get update fails with NO_PUBKEY errors

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 April 2021 Affected versions: 14.04 14.04.6 📖 ~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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AlmaLinux 8 — memstrack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — memstrack — 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-2020:4516 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 — stratis-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — stratis-cli — 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-2021:4217 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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