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openSUSE Tumbleweed — xf86-video-intel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — xf86-video-intel — 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 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4910 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — sigil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — sigil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 April 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4085-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14452 Upstream summary: Mike Salvatore discovered that Sigil mishandled certain malformed EPUB files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem. Table […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libreoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libreoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 April 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4138-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9854 CVE-2019-9850 CVE-2019-9851 CVE-2019-9852 CVE-2019-9848 CVE-2019-9849 CVE-2018-10119 CVE-2018-10120  +8 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded scripts in document files. If a user […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with BIND9 on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a DNS Server with BIND9 on RHEL 8

Running your own DNS server gives you full control over name resolution for internal infrastructure and reduces dependency on external resolvers. BIND9 (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is the most widely deployed DNS server in the world and is available in the default RHEL 8 repositories. On RHEL 8, the package is split into bind (the […]

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How to Install Apache Kafka on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Apache Kafka on RHEL 8

Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform capable of handling millions of messages per second, making it a popular choice for real-time data pipelines, log aggregation, and event-driven microservices. Kafka is distributed as a self-contained binary archive and does not require a package manager installation, so the setup process involves downloading, configuring, and wrapping […]

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Debian 10 Disk Full in /var Causes Service Outages

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 April 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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Alpine Linux edge — py3-yaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — py3-yaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.4-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — py3-yaml 5.4-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14343 CVE-2020-1747 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships py3-yaml 5.4-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-14343. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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How to Install Loki Log Aggregation on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Loki Log Aggregation on Debian 10

Introduction Debian 10 Buster is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up install loki log aggregation on debian 10 on Buster leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Buster freeze. Follow each step carefully and […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — NetworkManager — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — NetworkManager — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2019-1144 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15688 CVE-2020-10754 Upstream summary: It was discovered that systemd-network does not correctly keep track of a buffer size when constructing DHCPv6 packets. This flaw may lead to […]

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