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Arch Linux — texlive-bin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — texlive-bin — vulnerability — 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-201812-4 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17407 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2018.47465-5. Fixed in: 2018.48691-1. Group: AVG-770. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Recommended Steps for New FreeBSD 10.1 Servers — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Recommended Steps for New FreeBSD 10.1 Servers

When setting up a new FreeBSD server, there are a number of optional steps you can take to get your server into a more production-friendly state. In this guide, we will go over some of the most common examples. We will cover how to create a firewall that denies most traffic, ensure that your server’s time zone accurately reflects its location, and set up NTP polling to keep the server’s time accurate. Finally, we will demonstrate how to add some extra swap space to your server.

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

Oracle Linux 8 — oniguruma — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4827)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4827 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13225 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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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS apt Lock Contention During Unattended Upgrades

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 27 November 2019 Affected versions: 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 Configure sudo for Non-Root Users on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure sudo for Non-Root Users on Debian 9

Introduction How to Configure sudo for Non-Root Users on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch 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 […]

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Debian 10 — libarchive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — libarchive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 November 2019 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18408 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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Install WordPress with Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Install WordPress with Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/install-wordpress-nginx-ubuntu/ WordPress is one of the most popular and open source content management system (CMS) with a whopping 60% of market share as compared with other CMS like Drupal or Joomla. WordPress can be used to develop any kind of website, be it for a blog, a small business or for a large enterprise. […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — glusterfs — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — glusterfs — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — 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-2020:0079-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1088 CVE-2018-10904 CVE-2018-10927 CVE-2018-10928 CVE-2018-10911 CVE-2018-10914 CVE-2018-10924 CVE-2018-10930 Upstream summary: A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed […]

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Debian 9 — chromium — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — chromium — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 November 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17481 CVE-2019-5786 CVE-2019-5787 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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