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SLES 15 — wicked — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — wicked — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 March 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2020:800-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18902 CVE-2019-18903 CVE-2020-7216 CVE-2020-7217 Upstream summary: A Use After Free vulnerability in wicked of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — tigervnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-1497)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 March 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1497 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15693 CVE-2019-15691 CVE-2019-15692 CVE-2019-15695 CVE-2019-15694 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – multipathd causes delayed boot on single-disk VM – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 March 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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How to Install kubeadm and Set Up a Kubernetes Cluster on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install kubeadm and Set Up a Kubernetes Cluster on Debian 10

Introduction Debian 10 Buster is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up install kubeadm and set up a kubernetes cluster 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 […]

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RHEL 8 – subscription-manager Unregistered Host Has No Repositories

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 March 2020 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How To Set Up Gogs on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Gogs on Ubuntu 14.04

Gogs is a self-hosted Git service written in Go which is very easy to get running, has low system usage, and includes a web interface, an admin dashboard, and access to operations like Git pull and push. Gogs aspires to be the easiest, fastest, and most painless way to set up a self-hosted Git service.

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

Oracle Linux 8 — pcre — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4373)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 March 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4373 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14155 CVE-2019-20838 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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How To Protect Your Server Against the Dirty COW Linux Vulnerability — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Protect Your Server Against the Dirty COW Linux Vulnerability

On October 21, 2016, a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel was disclosed. The bug is nicknamed Dirty COW because the underlying issue was a race condition in the way kernel handles copy-on-write (COW). Exploiting this bug means that a regular, unprivileged user on your server can gain write access to any file they can read, and can therefore increase their privileges on the system. This tutorial explains how to protect your server from this vulnerability.

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