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Arch Linux — go — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — go — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — 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-202011-16 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28367 CVE-2020-28366 CVE-2020-28362 CVE-2018-16875 CVE-2018-16874 CVE-2018-16873 CVE-2018-6574 CVE-2017-15041  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2:1.15.4-1. Fixed in: 2:1.15.5-1. Group: AVG-1278. Table of contents […]

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Adding Logstash Filters To Improve Centralized Logging (Logstash Forwarder) — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Adding Logstash Filters To Improve Centralized Logging (Logstash Forwarder)

Logstash is a powerful tool for centralizing and analyzing logs, which can help to provide and overview of your environment, and to identify issues with your servers. One way to increase the effectiveness of your Logstash setup is to collect important application logs and structure the log data by employing filters, so the data can be readily analyzed and query-able. We will build our filters around “grok” patterns, that will parse the data in the logs into useful bits of information.

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

Oracle Linux 8 — gcc — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2020-1864)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 April 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1864 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15847 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 16.04 LTS cloud-init stalls first boot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 April 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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AlmaLinux 8 — rshim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — rshim — 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-2021:4228 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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Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 12.04

This tutorial covers how to login with root, how to change the root password, how to create a new user, how to give the new user root privileges, how to change the port, and how to disable root login in. This tutorial is written for Ubuntu. When you first create your server, this tutorial explains the first steps you need to take. This tutorial is written for Ubuntu 12.04.

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How To Install MoinMoin with Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install MoinMoin with Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04

MoinMoin is a high performance open source Wiki Engine that is written in Python. It provides a feature-rich wiki that has a large community of users, and is very customizable and easy to use. MoinMoin is used by several organizations for their public wikis, such as Ubuntu,…

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Gentoo Linux — games-board/gnuchess — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — games-board/gnuchess — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-28 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-30184 Upstream summary: The cmd_pgnload() and cmd_pgnreplay() functions in cmd.cc in GNU Chess to not sufficiently validate PGN file input, potentially resulting in a buffer overflow. Table of contents […]

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