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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpcre1 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpcre1 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2019:695-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1283 CVE-2017-6004 CVE-2014-8964 CVE-2015-3217 CVE-2017-7186 CVE-2017-7245 CVE-2016-3191 Upstream summary: The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(?'R'){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'){99|(:(?|(?'R')(k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS GRUB update fails and leaves system unbootable

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 July 2019 Affected versions: 14.04 📖 ~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 […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 Cannot Resolve Hostname in sudo

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 July 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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How to Configure Bacula Backup Server on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Bacula Backup Server on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying configure bacula backup server 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 You will […]

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How to Install and Use Podman Pods on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Use Podman Pods on RHEL 8

Podman pods allow you to run multiple containers that share the same network namespace, mirroring the Kubernetes pod model without requiring a container orchestrator. On RHEL 8, Podman is available in the default AppStream repositories and provides native rootless pod support out of the box. This tutorial covers creating and managing pods, running multi-container workloads […]

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How to Benchmark the Performance of a Redis Server on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Benchmark the Performance of a Redis Server on Ubuntu 18.04

Benchmarking is an important practice to analyse the overall performance of servers and identify bottlenecks as well as opportunities for improvement within those systems. In this guide, we’ll demonstrate how to benchmark the performance of a Redis server running on Ubuntu 18.04, using a few different tools and methods.

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Начальная настройка сервера c Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Начальная настройка сервера c Ubuntu 14.04

После создания нового сервера необходимо предпринять несколько шагов по его базовой настройке. Это повысит безопасность и удобство использования Вашего сервера и заложит прочную основу для последующих действий. Для того, чтобы…

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Common Problems 117934

Ubuntu 18.04 boot hangs at splash screen

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 July 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 — apache2-mod_nss — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — apache2-mod_nss — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1926-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4566 CVE-2015-5244 CVE-2016-3099 Upstream summary: mod_nss 1.0.8 and earlier, when NSSVerifyClient is set to none for the server/vhost context, does not enforce the NSSVerifyClient setting […]

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