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Common Problems 118551

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – black screen after installing NVIDIA driver – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 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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Amazon Linux 2 — python-virtualenv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — python-virtualenv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2020-1413 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18074 CVE-2018-20060 CVE-2019-11236 Upstream summary: urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in […]

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How to Configure Database Backups with Automysqlbackup on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Database Backups with Automysqlbackup on Debian 9

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure Database Backups with Automysqlbackup 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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How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on RHEL 8

Spring Boot is the most popular framework for building production-ready Java applications, and RHEL 8 provides an excellent foundation for running them as long-lived services. In this tutorial you will create a Spring Boot application using Maven, package it into a self-contained executable JAR, configure it to run as a systemd service with a dedicated […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4008-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11190 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1788929 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794848 CVE-2017-6507 Upstream summary: USN-4008-1 fixed multiple security issues in the Linux kernel. This update provides the corresponding changes to AppArmor policy for correctly operating […]

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SLES 15 — libXtst6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libXtst6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2063 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in X.org libXtst 1.2.1 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-reportlab — vulnerability — 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-2020:0160-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17626 Upstream summary: ReportLab through 3.5.26 allows remote code execution because of toColor(eval(arg)) in colors.py, as demonstrated by a crafted XML document with '<span color="' […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — grub2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — grub2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-4869)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 August 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-4869 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14865 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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Common Problems 118394

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS apt update fails with NO_PUBKEY errors

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 August 2019 Affected versions: 16.04 16.04.7 📖 ~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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