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Ubuntu 16.04 — libntlm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libntlm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 November 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5108-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17455 Upstream summary: USN-5108-1 fixed a vulnerability in Libntlm. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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SLES 15 — tidy — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — tidy — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:1513-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5522 CVE-2015-5523 CVE-2016-6583 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ParseValue function in lexer.c in tidy before 4.9.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-text/hunspell — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-text/hunspell — 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-202409-21 Upstream summary: Malicious input to the hunspell spell checker could result in an application crash or other unspecified behavior. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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How To Set Up a Firewall with UFW on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up a Firewall with UFW on Ubuntu 14.04

UFW, or Uncomplicated Firewall, is an interface to iptables that is geared towards simplifying the process of configuring a firewall. While iptables is a solid and flexible tool, it can be difficult for beginners to learn how to use it to properly configure a firewall. If you’re looking to get started securing your network, and you’re not sure which tool to use, UFW may be the right choice for you. This tutorial will show you how to set up a firewall with UFW on Ubuntu 14.04.

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SLES 12 — cron — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — cron — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SA:2006:027 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2006-2607 CVE-2010-0424 CVE-2019-9704 CVE-2019-9705 Upstream summary: do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow […]

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How to Install Apache Kafka on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Apache Kafka on RHEL 7

How to Install Apache Kafka on RHEL 7 Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform designed for high-throughput, fault-tolerant, real-time data pipelines. Originally developed at LinkedIn and later open-sourced under the Apache Software Foundation, Kafka is used by thousands of companies to process trillions of events per day. Unlike traditional message queues, Kafka persists […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 filesystem mounted read-only after errors

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 📖 ~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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Common Problems 117958

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – SSH key authentication fails after hardening changes – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 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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Common Problems 114934

RHEL 8 SELinux Denies httpd Binding to Custom Port

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 📖 ~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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