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How to Monitor Disk Usage with df, du, lsblk and ncdu on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Disk Usage with df, du, lsblk and ncdu on RHEL 8

Running out of disk space is one of the most disruptive events on a Linux server, and it often happens silently until a service crashes or a write fails. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ships with several tools to help you stay ahead of the problem: df for a quick filesystem overview, du for directory-level […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — commons-beanutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4766-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0114 CVE-2019-10086 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Commons BeanUtils improperly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to cause a crash or […]

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SLES 15 — libFLAC8 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libFLAC8 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:1577-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8962 CVE-2014-9028 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c in libFLAC before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .flac file. […]

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Debian 9 — libextractor — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — libextractor — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 June 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14346 CVE-2018-20430 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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RHEL 7 – chronyd Not Running After Migration from ntpd

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 June 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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FreeBSD 12 — py30-django-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py30-django-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: django — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3695 CVE-2010-3082 Upstream summary: The Django project reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gthumb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gthumb — 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-2019:0022-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18718 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in gThumb through 3.6.2. There is a double-free vulnerability in the add_themes_from_dir method in dlg-contact-sheet.c because of two […]

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How to Use Robocopy for Backup on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Robocopy for Backup on Windows Server 2016

How to Use Robocopy for Scheduled File Backups on Windows Server 2016 Robocopy, short for Robust File Copy, is a command-line utility included with Windows Server 2016 that provides highly reliable file synchronization and backup capabilities far beyond what the basic xcopy command offers. Robocopy supports multithreaded copying, can resume interrupted transfers from the point […]

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SLES 15 — libXrender1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libXrender1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1095-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1987 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrender 0.9.7 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow […]

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