How To Install Webmin on Debian 9
Webmin s a modern, web control panel for any Linux machine. It allows you to administer your server through an simple interface.
Ubuntu 16.04 — apt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 27 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4667-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27350 CVE-2020-3810 CVE-2019-3462 CVE-2016-1252 Upstream summary: Kevin Backhouse discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain packages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause APT to […]
openSUSE Tumbleweed — obs-service-source_validator — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2017:3259-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9274 Upstream summary: A shell command injection in the obs-service-source_validator before 0.7 could be used to execute code as the packager when checking RPM SPEC […]
Oracle Linux 8 — python-pip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-7176)
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 27 February 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7176 Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4559 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]
Arch Linux — libplist — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Arch ASA ASA-201705-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6440 CVE-2017-6439 CVE-2017-6438 CVE-2017-6437 CVE-2017-6436 CVE-2017-6435 CVE-2017-5836 CVE-2017-5835 +3 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.12-6. Fixed in: 2.0.0-1. Group: AVG-215. Table of contents […]
openSUSE Tumbleweed — cups-pk-helper — 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-2012-4510 Upstream summary: cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read […]
Amazon Linux 2 — python-rtslib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2021-1589 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14019 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in Open-iSCSI rtslib-fb through versions 2.1.72, where it has weak permissions for /etc/target/saveconfig.json because the shutil.copyfile, instead of shutil.copy is […]
How to Set Up Docker Registry with Authentication on Debian 9
Introduction Debian 9 Stretch is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up set up docker registry with authentication on debian 9 on Stretch leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Stretch freeze. Follow each step […]
How To Set Up the code-server Cloud IDE Platform on Debian 10
In this tutorial, you will set up the code-server cloud IDE platform on your Debian 10 machine and expose it at your domain, secured with free Let’s Encrypt TLS certificates. In the end, you’ll have Microsoft Visual Studio Code running on your Debian 10 server, available at your domain and protected with a password.
How To Serve Flask Applications with uWSGI and Nginx on CentOS 7
In this guide, we will be setting up a simple Python application using the Flask micro-framework on CentOS 7. The bulk of this article will be about how to set up the uWSGI application server to launch the application and Nginx to act as a front end reverse proxy.
