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SLES 15 — m4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — m4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1329-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4029 Upstream summary: The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1, 1.10.3, and release branches branch-1-4 through branch-1-9, when producing a distribution […]

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How to Install and Configure AIDE on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure AIDE on RHEL 8

AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a host-based intrusion detection tool that detects unauthorized changes to files and directories by comparing a live system snapshot against a baseline database. On RHEL 8, AIDE is available directly from the standard repositories and integrates cleanly with systemd for scheduled integrity checks. Detecting modified binaries, configuration files, or […]

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SLES 15 — java — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — java — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 17 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:1874-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4881 CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2017-10107 CVE-2017-3289 CVE-2018-12547 CVE-2018-3183 CVE-2019-17631  +12 more Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60, and Java SE […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 mdadm RAID Degraded After Reboot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 October 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libtool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libtool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2010:006 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3736 Upstream summary: ltdl.c in libltdl in GNU Libtool 1.5.x, and 2.2.6 before 2.2.6b, as used in Ham Radio Control Libraries, Q, and possibly other […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgme0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgme0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2017:0022-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9957 CVE-2016-9959 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in game-music-emu before 0.6.1. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — htslib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — htslib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4802-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000206 CVE-2018-13845 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue affected […]

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How to Set Up a Highly Available Web Stack with Keepalived on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Highly Available Web Stack with Keepalived on RHEL 7

How to Set Up a Highly Available Web Stack with Keepalived on RHEL 7 High availability eliminates single points of failure by ensuring that if one server goes down, another takes over seamlessly. For web servers, one of the most common HA patterns is a Virtual IP (VIP) address that floats between two or more […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — thunderbird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — thunderbird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3927-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18506 CVE-2019-9788 CVE-2019-9790 CVE-2019-9791 CVE-2019-9792 CVE-2019-9793 CVE-2019-9795 CVE-2019-9796  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Thunderbird allowed PAC files to specify that requests to localhost are […]

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