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Arch Linux — gdk-pixbuf2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gdk-pixbuf2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201610-9 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6352 CVE-2020-29385 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.34.0-2. Fixed in: 2.36.0+2+ga7c869a-1. Group: AVG-2. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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How To Configure a Galera Cluster with MariaDB on Debian 10 Servers — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure a Galera Cluster with MariaDB on Debian 10 Servers

In this guide, you will configure an active-active MariaDB Galera cluster. For demonstration purposes, you will configure and test three Debian 10 Droplets that will act as nodes in the cluster. MariaDB is an open source relational database system that is fully compatible with the popular MySQL RDBMS system. Galera is a database clustering solution that enables you to set up multi-master clusters using synchronous replication.

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Debian 10: Apache returns 503 because PHP-FPM socket is missing

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libaudit1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libaudit1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2020:858-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5186 Upstream summary: Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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How to Configure the System Timezone on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure the System Timezone on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure the System Timezone on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXv1 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXv1 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1104-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1989 CVE-2013-2066 CVE-2016-5407 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXv 1.0.7 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — inspircd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — inspircd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 April 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7405-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7142 CVE-2019-20917 CVE-2020-25269 Upstream summary: It was discovered that InspIRCd did not correctly handle certificate fingerprints, which could lead to spoofing. A remote attacker could possibly use […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — bind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-2338)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 April 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-2338 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8617 CVE-2020-8616 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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Oracle Linux 8 — libjpeg-turbo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libjpeg-turbo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-7540)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 April 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-7540 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13790 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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