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Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-riscv — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-riscv — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4425-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16089 CVE-2019-19462 CVE-2020-11935 CVE-2020-15780 CVE-2020-10711 CVE-2020-10732 CVE-2020-12768 CVE-2020-12770  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the network block device (nbd) implementation in the Linux kernel did […]

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Common Problems 115596

RHEL 7 SELinux Policy Module Outdated After Security Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 January 2021 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~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 18.04 — node-trim-newlines — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — node-trim-newlines — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5999-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33623 Upstream summary: It was discovered that trim-newlines incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input […]

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Common Problems 115024

RHEL 8 Boot Drops to Dracut Emergency Shell

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 January 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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Oracle Linux 8 — dhcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — dhcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-2359)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 January 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-2359 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-25217 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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How To Configure ProFTPd To Use SFTP Instead of FTP — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure ProFTPd To Use SFTP Instead of FTP

ProFTPd is a popular FTP server for transferring files between your local computer and server. However, FTP as a protocol is very insecure. In this guide, we will show you how to configure ProFTPd to use SFTP, a secure alternative, instead of FTP.

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

Arch Linux — ark — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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-202009-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24654 CVE-2017-5330 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary filesystem access. Status: Fixed. Affected: 20.08.0-1. Fixed in: 20.08.0-2. Group: AVG-1216. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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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-2021-9474)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 January 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-9474 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3743 CVE-2021-40490 CVE-2021-3739 CVE-2021-37159 CVE-2021-38198 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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Getting Started with The Yii PHP Framework - Part 2 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Getting Started with The Yii PHP Framework – Part 2

In this tutorial, we continue what we started last time when we installed the Yii framework on the VPS and created our first application. We will go ahead and use some of the code generation tools provided by Yii to set up a first model for our data, generate the code for the CRUD operations, and take a look at how a typical Yii application workflow works.

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¿Cómo instalar Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) en Ubuntu 14.04? — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

¿Cómo instalar Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) en Ubuntu 14.04?

Se denomina “LAMP” a un grupo de software de código libre que se instala normalmente en conjunto para habilitar un servidor para alojar sitios y aplicaciones web dinámicas. Este término en realidad es un acrónimo que representa un sistema operativo Linux con un servior Apache, el sitio de datos es almacenado en base de datos MySQL y el contenido dinámico es procesado con PHP.

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