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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-tar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-tar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5283-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32803 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tar for Node.js did not properly sanitize path inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — ppp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — ppp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:0633 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8597 Upstream summary: The ppp packages contain the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon and documentation for PPP support. The PPP protocol provides a method for transmitting datagrams over serial point-to-point […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — libgcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — libgcrypt — vulnerability — 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 ALAS2-2022-1769 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33560 Upstream summary: A side-channel attack flaw was found in the way libgcrypt implemented Elgamal encryption. This flaw allows an attacker to decrypt parts of ciphertext encrypted […]

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How to Install and Configure cAdvisor for Container Monitoring on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure cAdvisor for Container Monitoring on RHEL 7

How to Install and Configure cAdvisor for Container Monitoring on RHEL 7 cAdvisor (Container Advisor) is an open-source agent developed by Google that collects, aggregates, processes, and exports resource usage and performance metrics for running containers. It provides a real-time web UI and a Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoint, making it the standard solution for container observability […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — qt5 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — qt5 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-7482)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 April 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-7482 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25255 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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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS CIFS mount authentication fails after password rotation

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 April 2021 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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Common Problems 112482

Windows Server 2019 – SmartScreen blocking unsigned internal installers – Fix & Prevention

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 April 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py36-fail2ban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py36-fail2ban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 April 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fail2ban — possible RCE vulnerability in mailing action using mailutils Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32749 Upstream summary: Jakub Żoczek reports: Command mail from mailutils package used in mail actions like mail-whois can […]

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How to Configure SNMP on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SNMP on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure snmp on ibm aix 7.1 on IBM AIX […]

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