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Debian 11 — pam — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — pam — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1227 CVE-2005-2977 CVE-2009-0579 CVE-2009-0887 CVE-2009-3232 CVE-2010-3316 CVE-2010-3430 CVE-2010-3431  +12 more Upstream summary: PAM 0.76 treats a disabled password as if it were an empty (null) password, which allows […]

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Debian 11 — slapi-nis — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — slapi-nis — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0283 CVE-2021-3480 Upstream summary: The slapi-nis plug-in before 0.54.2 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — crawl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — crawl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 October 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7969-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11722 Upstream summary: David Mendenhall discovered that Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup was incorrectly handling Lua bytecode embedded in an uploaded .crawlrc file. An attacker could possibly use […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — gcc-toolset-10-binutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — gcc-toolset-10-binutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4649)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4649 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42574 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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Debian 10 — mediawiki — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — mediawiki — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16738 CVE-2019-19709 CVE-2020-10960 CVE-2020-15005 CVE-2020-35475 CVE-2021-20270 CVE-2021-35197 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution […]

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Debian 11 — phpmyadmin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — phpmyadmin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0129 CVE-2004-1055 CVE-2004-1147 CVE-2004-1148 CVE-2004-2630 CVE-2004-2631 CVE-2004-2632 CVE-2005-0459  +12 more Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in export.php in phpMyAdmin 2.5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary […]

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How to Monitor System Resources with htop, top and vmstat on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor System Resources with htop, top and vmstat on RHEL 8

Understanding what your RHEL 8 server is doing in real time — and historically — is essential for diagnosing performance bottlenecks, identifying runaway processes, and planning capacity. RHEL 8 includes top by default and provides htop, vmstat, iostat, and sar as complementary tools that each excel in different scenarios. This guide walks through installing and […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — patch — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — patch — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2020-1852)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1852 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13636 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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AlmaLinux 8 — subscription-manager-migration-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — subscription-manager-migration-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2020:1849 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Common Problems 115464

SELinux File Context Mismatch Breaks Custom App

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 10 October 2021 📖 ~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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