DNS

Common Problems 114133

RPM database corruption prevents package transactions

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 March 2026 Affected versions: RHEL 10.0 RHEL 10.1 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Problem Summary Symptoms Diagnostics Root Cause Primary Fix Verification Prevention Rollback Automation Command Reference Escalation Related Notes Problem Summary rpm/dnf transactions fail because rpmdb is inconsistent or locked. Symptoms Messages include […]

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SLES 16 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 16

SLES 16 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2026 Affected versions: SLES 16 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:0801-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000231 CVE-2011-3581 CVE-2017-1000232 CVE-2020-19860 CVE-2020-19861 Upstream summary: A double-free vulnerability in parse.c in ldns 1.7.0 have unspecified impact and attack vectors. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Common Problems 114043

RHEL 10 – SELinux policy update leaves custom module disabled – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2026 Affected versions: RHEL 10 📖 ~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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Common Problems 122043

NTP Time Drift Causes TLS and Auth Failures

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 March 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~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 Monitor MariaDB Performance with mytop on RHEL 10 — step-by-step RHEL 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor MariaDB Performance with mytop on RHEL 10

Introduction RHEL 10 ships with a stable, security-hardened base that makes deploying monitor mariadb performance with mytop both straightforward and auditable. This tutorial covers the complete procedure for how to Monitor MariaDB Performance with mytop on RHEL 10, including dnf module streams where applicable, systemd unit management, and the firewalld rules required for network-facing services. […]

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How to Configure Prometheus AlertManager on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Prometheus AlertManager on RHEL 9

Prometheus AlertManager is a standalone component of the Prometheus monitoring stack responsible for deduplicating, grouping, routing, and dispatching alerts to notification channels such as Slack, email, and PagerDuty. While Prometheus evaluates alerting rules and fires alerts, it is AlertManager that decides who gets notified, when, and how — preventing alert storms and on-call fatigue through […]

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How to Install AIDE for File Integrity on RHEL 10 — step-by-step RHEL 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install AIDE for File Integrity on RHEL 10

Introduction How to Install AIDE for File Integrity on RHEL 10 on RHEL 10 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting configuration is […]

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How to Configure Server Blocks in Nginx on RHEL 10 — step-by-step RHEL 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Server Blocks in Nginx on RHEL 10

Introduction How to Configure Server Blocks in Nginx on RHEL 10 on RHEL 10 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting configuration is […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — dnsmasq — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — dnsmasq — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2026:1826-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2026-2291 CVE-2026-4890 CVE-2026-4892 CVE-2026-5172 CVE-2026-6507 CVE-2023-49441 CVE-2020-25681 CVE-2020-25683  +12 more Upstream summary: dnsmasqs extract_name() function can be abused to cause a heap buffer overflow, allowing […]

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