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How to Set Up Consul Service Mesh on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Consul Service Mesh on Debian 9

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up Consul Service Mesh on Debian 9 on Debian 9 Stretch. Debian Stretch uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 9 install with […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — cronic — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — cronic — 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-2016-3992 Upstream summary: cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or […]

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How to Install Nginx on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Nginx on Debian 10 (DEBIAN-10-2)

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Nginx on Debian 10 on Debian 10 Buster. Debian Buster uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 10 install with the standard repositories […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.192-147.314 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.192-147.314 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-027 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14386 CVE-2020-25211 CVE-2020-25284 Upstream summary: An issue has been reported in the Linux kernel's handling of raw sockets. This issue can be used locally to cause denial […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — nfs-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — nfs-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4400-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3689 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the nfs-utils package set incorrect permissions on the /var/lib/nfs directory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202011-15 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28241 Upstream summary: libmaxminddb used uninitialised memory when reading from a corrupt database file. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — python-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — python-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4273-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17626 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain XML documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted document, […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — file-roller — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4927-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36314 CVE-2020-11736 CVE-2019-16680 Upstream summary: It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of […]

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How to Deploy a Node.js Application with PM2 on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Node.js Application with PM2 on RHEL 7

How to Deploy a Node.js Application with PM2 on RHEL 7 PM2 is a battle-tested production process manager for Node.js applications. It keeps your application running after a crash by restarting it automatically, provides integrated logging, enables zero-downtime reloads, supports cluster mode to utilize all CPU cores, and integrates with systemd for startup on boot. […]

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