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Arch Linux — mpv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — mpv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201802-7 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6360 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1:0.27.0-6. Fixed in: 1:0.27.1-1. Group: AVG-605. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Common Problems 112471

Windows Server 2019 – Storage Replica log volume runs out of space during peak writes – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 May 2026 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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Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4655)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4655 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19783 CVE-2019-18928 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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How to Implement Software Restriction Policies on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Implement Software Restriction Policies on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Implement Software Restriction Policies on Windows Server 2012 R2 Software Restriction Policies (SRP) are the predecessor to AppLocker, providing application control capabilities on all editions of Windows Server 2012 R2—including Standard edition, which does not support AppLocker enforcement. SRP uses rules based on file hash, certificate, path, or network zone to allow or […]

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How to Scan for Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Scan for Vulnerabilities with OpenVAS on RHEL 9

OpenVAS, now distributed as Greenbone Community Edition (GCE), is one of the most comprehensive open-source vulnerability scanners available, capable of identifying thousands of known CVEs across network services, web applications, and operating system configurations. Installing it natively on RHEL 9 requires complex dependency management, so the recommended approach is to deploy it via Docker Compose, […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-Convert-ASN1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-Convert-ASN1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:0172-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7488 Upstream summary: perl-Convert-ASN1 (aka the Convert::ASN1 module for Perl) through 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop via unexpected input. Table of […]

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Common Problems 118396

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – apt update fails because dpkg lock is held

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu 16.04.7 📖 ~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 […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gzip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gzip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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-SA:2010:008 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0001 CVE-2009-2624 Upstream summary: Integer underflow in the unlzw function in unlzw.c in gzip before 1.4 on 64-bit platforms, as used in ncompress and probably […]

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FreeBSD 12 — electrum-py — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — electrum-py — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: electrum — JSONRPC vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6353 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: JSONRPC vulnerability Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution […]

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How to Use the Active Directory Migration Tool on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use the Active Directory Migration Tool on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Use the Active Directory Migration Tool on Windows Server 2012 R2 The Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) is a Microsoft-provided utility for migrating and restructuring Active Directory objects between domains and forests. Common ADMT use cases include domain consolidation, forest restructuring after mergers or acquisitions, migrating from an older AD domain to a […]

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