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

SLES 15 — libesmtp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 July 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-IU-2021:658-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19977 Upstream summary: libESMTP through 1.0.6 mishandles domain copying into a fixed-size buffer in ntlm_build_type_2 in ntlm/ntlmstruct.c, as demonstrated by a stack-based buffer over-read. Table […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.198-152.320 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.198-152.320 — 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 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-030 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25284 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in the capabilities check of the rados block device functionality in the Linux kernel. Incorrect capability checks could alllow a […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — dbus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — dbus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-3707)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 July 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-3707 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12749 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 — salt — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — salt — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8153-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3176 CVE-2015-8034 CVE-2020-16846 CVE-2020-11651 CVE-2020-11652 CVE-2014-3563 CVE-2015-6918 CVE-2015-6941  +5 more Upstream summary: Zach Malone discovered that Salt did not properly handle permissions to cache data. A local […]

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Debian 9 – sudo Stops Working Due to Broken Permissions – Emergency Repair

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Swap Exhaustion Causes OOM Kills

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 20.04 — bash — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — bash — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5380-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18276 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bash did not properly drop privileges when the binary had the setuid bit enabled. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4552-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16729 Upstream summary: USN-4552-1 and USN-4552-2 fixed a vulnerability in Pam-python. The update introduced a regression which prevented PAM modules written in Python from importing python modules […]

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How to Install and Configure GraalVM on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure GraalVM on Debian 10

Introduction How to Install and Configure GraalVM on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. […]

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