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How To Change Your PHP Settings on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Change Your PHP Settings on Ubuntu 14.04

PHP is a server side scripting language used by many popular CMS and blog platforms like WordPress and Drupal. It is also part of the popular LAMP and LEMP stacks. Updating the PHP configuration settings is a common task when setting up a PHP-based website. This guide will show how to view the current PHP configuration settings of your web server and how to make updates to the PHP settings.

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SLES 15 — python2-rtslib-fb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — python2-rtslib-fb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 June 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:2109-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14019 Upstream summary: Open-iSCSI rtslib-fb through 2.1.72 has weak permissions for /etc/target/saveconfig.json because shutil.copyfile (instead of shutil.copy) is used, and thus permissions are not preserved. […]

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Debian 10 — vlc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — vlc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 June 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13602 CVE-2020-6071 CVE-2020-13428 CVE-2020-26664 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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Cómo instalar MySQL en Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Cómo instalar MySQL en Ubuntu 18.04

Hazel Virdó escribió una versión anterior de este tutorial. MySQL es un sistema de gestión de bases de datos de código abierto, que generalmente está instalado como parte de la popular…

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Arch Linux — nsd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — nsd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202012-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28935 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 4.3.3-1. Fixed in: 4.3.4-1. Group: AVG-1327. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — storebackup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — storebackup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4508-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7040 Upstream summary: It was discovered that StoreBackup did not properly manage lock files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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Debian 10 Cron Job Not Running at Scheduled Time

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~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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How to Set Up Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying set up nginx as a reverse proxy on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — uwsgi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — uwsgi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5054-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11984 Upstream summary: USN-5054-1 fixed a vulnerability in uWSGI for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. […]

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