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How to Configure MariaDB Galera Cluster on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure MariaDB Galera Cluster on RHEL 8

MariaDB Galera Cluster is a synchronous multi-primary replication solution that allows writes to be accepted by any node in the cluster simultaneously. Unlike standard MySQL asynchronous replication, Galera ensures that a transaction is committed on all nodes before it is acknowledged to the application, eliminating replication lag and the risk of data loss during failover. […]

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Debian 10: unattended-upgrades stuck and blocking apt

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 9 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — yast2-security — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — yast2-security — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3700 Upstream summary: yast2-security didn't use secure defaults to protect passwords. This became a problem on 2019-10-07 when configuration files that set secure settings were […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — pyxdg — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4700-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12761 Upstream summary: Alexandre D'Hondt discovered that PyXDG did not properly sanitize input. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted .menu file to execute arbitrary code. […]

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How to Set Up FTP Server with vsftpd on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up FTP Server with vsftpd on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying set up ftp server with vsftpd on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch 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. Prerequisites […]

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SLES 15 — libtomcrypt0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libtomcrypt0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 June 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:2808-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17362 Upstream summary: In LibTomCrypt through 1.18.2, the der_decode_utf8_string function (in der_decode_utf8_string.c) does not properly detect certain invalid UTF-8 sequences. This allows context-dependent attackers to […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — java-11-openjdk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — java-11-openjdk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-1514)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 June 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1514 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-2767 CVE-2020-2800 CVE-2020-2756 CVE-2020-2755 CVE-2020-2781 CVE-2020-2754 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — expat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4484)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 June 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4484 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20843 CVE-2019-15903 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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