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openSUSE Tumbleweed — virt-install — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — virt-install — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10183 Upstream summary: Virt-install(1) utility used to provision new virtual machines has introduced an option '–unattended' to create VMs without user interaction. This option accepts […]

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Como configurar as chaves SSH no Debian 9 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Como configurar as chaves SSH no Debian 9

O SSH, ou shell seguro, é um protocolo criptografado usado para administrar e se comunicar com servidores. Ao trabalhar com um servidor Debian, existem boas chances de você gastar a maior parte do seu tempo em uma sessão de terminal conectada ao seu servidor através do…

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How To Set Up ProFTPD on CentOS 6 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up ProFTPD on CentOS 6

ProFTPD is a popular ftp server. Although it is not the lightest ftp server available for virtual servers, it is a powerful and configurable program. This tutorial explains how to install, configure, and access the ProFTPD server. It is written for Centos 6.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — zipios++ — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — zipios++ — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4057-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13453 Upstream summary: Mike Salvatore discovered that Zipios mishandled certain malformed ZIP files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or consume […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpulse0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpulse0 — 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 security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0008 CVE-2014-3970 Upstream summary: The pa_drop_root function in PulseAudio 0.9.8, and a certain 0.9.9 build, does not check return values from (1) setresuid, (2) setreuid, […]

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How to Install Munin Monitoring on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Munin Monitoring on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying install munin monitoring on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Ensure Debian 9 […]

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SLES 15 — rsvg-view — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — rsvg-view — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:1310-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20991 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in the smallvec crate before 0.6.3 for Rust. The Iterator implementation mishandles destructors, leading to a double free. […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — poppler — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4643)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4643 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14494 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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How To Install the OpenLiteSpeed Web Server on CentOS 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install the OpenLiteSpeed Web Server on CentOS 7

OpenLiteSpeed is an optimized open source web server that can be used to manage and serve sites. As far as Linux web servers are concerned, OpenLiteSpeed has some interesting features that make it a solid choice for many installations. It features Apache compatible rewrite…

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