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Ubuntu 16.04 — libpam-krb5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libpam-krb5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4314-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10595 Upstream summary: Russ Allbery discovered that pam-krb5 incorrectly handled some responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-python/jinja — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-python/jinja — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-19 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28493 Upstream summary: The ‘urlize’ filter in Jinja utilized an inefficient regular expression that could be exploited to consume excess CPU. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — freerdp — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — freerdp — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4382-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11042 CVE-2020-11045 CVE-2020-11046 CVE-2020-11048 CVE-2020-11049 CVE-2020-11058 CVE-2020-11521 CVE-2020-11522  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use […]

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How to Set Up Squid Proxy for Private Connections on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Squid Proxy for Private Connections on Ubuntu 20.04

Proxy servers are a useful way of caching or obfuscating web traffic. This means that web requests can be served from different inbound or outbound addresses than they appear to be, by offloading the connection to intermediaries. For regular end users, this usually means allowing you to make web requests from a different IP address than your own. In this tutorial, you will be installing and configuring Squid to support a number of popular proxy protocols on a Ubuntu 20.04 server.

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SLES 15 — lua53 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — lua53 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 December 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2019:697-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6706 CVE-2020-24370 CVE-2020-24371 Upstream summary: Lua 5.3.5 has a use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c. For example, a crash outcome might be achieved by an attacker […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — java-11-openjdk — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — java-11-openjdk — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-0200)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 December 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-0200 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-21835 CVE-2023-21843 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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Debian 9 – dist-upgrade aborts with held broken packages

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 December 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~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 LTS – systemd service enters crash loop after package update – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 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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SLES 15 — bcm43xx-firmware — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — bcm43xx-firmware — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 December 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10370 Upstream summary: Certain Cypress (and Broadcom) Wireless Combo chips such as CYW43455, when a 2021-01-26 Bluetooth firmware update is not present, allow a Bluetooth […]

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How To Install Ruby on Rails on CentOS 6 with RVM — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Ruby on Rails on CentOS 6 with RVM

This tutorial explains how to install RVM (Ruby Version Manager), and then how to install ruby, how to install ruby gems, and how to install rails on Centos 6. RVM is a program that lets you use several versions of Ruby on one server and easily switch between them.

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