Operations

How to Configure iSCSI Target and Initiator on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure iSCSI Target and Initiator on Debian 11

Introduction How to Configure iSCSI Target and Initiator on Debian 11 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 11 Bullseye server. Debian 11 Bullseye 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 […]

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Debian 11 — maven-shared-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — maven-shared-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29599 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 — jqueryui — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — jqueryui — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6419-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7103 CVE-2021-41182 CVE-2021-41183 CVE-2021-41184 CVE-2022-31160 Upstream summary: Hong Phat Ly discovered that jQuery UI did not properly manage parameters from untrusted sources, which could lead to arbitrary […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5673-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4217 CVE-2022-0529 CVE-2022-0530 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1957077 CVE-2014-9913 CVE-2016-9844 CVE-2018-1000035 CVE-2018-18384  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — apr-util — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — apr-util — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-3109)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-3109 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25147 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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SLES 12 — dpdk — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — dpdk — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3341-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2132 CVE-2020-14374 CVE-2020-14375 CVE-2020-14376 CVE-2020-14377 CVE-2020-14378 CVE-2019-14818 CVE-2020-10722  +7 more Upstream summary: A permissive list of allowed inputs flaw was found in DPDK. This issue […]

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Rocky Linux 8 — mingw-zlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 8

Rocky Linux 8 — mingw-zlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2022:7813 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25032 Upstream summary: The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs. Security Fix(es): * zlib: A flaw found […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 Samba Share Permission Denied with POSIX ACL Mismatch

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 📖 ~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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How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Volume Management — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Volume Management

How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Volume Management Volume management on Windows Server 2019 extends beyond basic disk partitioning to include dynamic disks, spanned volumes, striped volumes, mirrored volumes, and RAID-5 volumes, as well as Storage Spaces for software-defined storage. Volume management allows administrators to optimize performance, provide redundancy, and efficiently utilize available disk […]

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FreeBSD 12 — fish — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — fish — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 September 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: shells/fish — arbitrary code execution via git Related CVEs: CVE-2014-2905 CVE-2014-2906 CVE-2014-2914 CVE-2014-3219 CVE-2014-3856 CVE-2022-20001 Upstream summary: Peter Ammon reports: fish is a command line shell. fish version 3.1.0 through […]

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