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AlmaLinux 8 — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:0903 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20044 CVE-2021-45444 Upstream summary: The zsh shell is a command interpreter usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Zsh resembles the ksh shell […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — adminer — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — adminer — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 November 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5271-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35572 CVE-2021-21311 CVE-2021-29625 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Adminer did not escape data in the history parameter of the default URI. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — gnutls — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9221)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 November 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9221 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3580 CVE-2021-20232 CVE-2021-20231 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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FreeBSD 13 — postgresql94-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — postgresql94-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PostgresSQL — TYPE in pg_temp execute arbitrary SQL during `SECURITY DEFINER` execution Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8161 CVE-2015-0241 CVE-2015-0242 CVE-2015-0243 CVE-2015-0244 CVE-2015-3165 CVE-2015-3166 CVE-2015-3167  +12 more Upstream summary: The PostgreSQL project reports: […]

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FreeBSD 13 — gitlab-ce — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — gitlab-ce — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Gitlab — vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14364 CVE-2018-14601 CVE-2018-14602 CVE-2018-14603 CVE-2018-14604 CVE-2018-14605 CVE-2018-14606 CVE-2018-15472  +12 more Upstream summary: Gitlab reports: Cross-site Scripting issue in Analytics dashboard chart rendering impacts GitLab EE […]

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How to Install and Configure vim and nano on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure vim and nano on RHEL 7

How to Install and Configure vim and nano on RHEL 7 Every Linux system administrator spends a significant portion of their time editing configuration files, scripts, and documentation directly on the server. RHEL 7 includes the minimal vi editor by default, but the full-featured vim and the beginner-friendly nano are far more practical for daily […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — webkit2gtk3 — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — webkit2gtk3 — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-2834)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 November 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2834 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-23518 CVE-2022-42823 CVE-2022-46691 CVE-2022-46698 CVE-2023-25360 CVE-2023-23517 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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How to Back Up and Restore MySQL Databases on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Back Up and Restore MySQL Databases on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying back up and restore mysql databases on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within […]

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