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

Oracle Linux 8 — systemd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-2717)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-2717 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33910 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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Alpine Linux edge — bluez — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — bluez — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.54-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — bluez 5.54-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0556 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships bluez 5.54-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-0556. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How To Create a SSL Certificate on Apache for CentOS 6 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Create a SSL Certificate on Apache for CentOS 6

This tutorial explains how to create a self-signed SSL certificate, how to add it to your server, and how to configure the SSL file to display the certificate to the world. A SSL certificate is a way to encrypt a site’s information and create a more secure connection. Certificate Authorities can issue SSL certificates that verify the server’s details while a self-signed certificate has no 3rd party corroboration. This tutorial is written for Apache on a Centos server.

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Oracle Linux 8 — ( aarch64 ) Some GUI Elements Aren't Displayed During Installation and Boot Using VGA Output — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ( aarch64 ) Some GUI Elements Aren’t Displayed During Installation and Boot Using VGA Output (VG-35270637-35034465)

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 35270637_35034465 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 […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – netplan apply fails due to YAML syntax error – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 📖 ~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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Gentoo Linux — app-arch/xar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-arch/xar — 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-202405-19 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-30833 Upstream summary: A vulnerability has been discovered in xar. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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SLES 12 — iscsiuio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — iscsiuio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2021:233-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13987 CVE-2020-13988 CVE-2020-17437 CVE-2020-17438 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0. An Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability exists in the uIP TCP/IP Stack component […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — firefox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-3241)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-3241 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-6514 CVE-2020-15652 CVE-2020-6463 CVE-2020-15659 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gptfdisk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gptfdisk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0256 CVE-2021-0308 Upstream summary: In LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of […]

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