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FreeBSD 12 — py37-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • September 16, 2021
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: salt — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15750 CVE-2018-15751 CVE-2019-17361 CVE-2020-11651 CVE-2020-11652 CVE-2020-16846 CVE-2020-17490 CVE-2020-25592  +10 more Upstream summary: SaltStack reports multiple security vulnerabilities in Salt CVE-2021-3197: The Salt-API.s SSH client […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libgovirt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • September 16, 2021
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:1895 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 MySQL InnoDB Crash Recovery Loop

  • September 16, 2021
  • Linux
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 September 2021 📖 ~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 Automate SLES 12 with Ansible — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Automate SLES 12 with Ansible

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Automate SLES 12 with Ansible on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Step 1 — Install Ansible zypper install -y ansible Step 2 — Configure […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 Suspend and Resume Freezes Laptop

  • September 16, 2021
  • Linux
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 September 2021 📖 ~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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Debian 11 — gtk+2.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gtk+2.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • September 16, 2021
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0782 CVE-2004-0783 CVE-2004-0788 CVE-2005-0891 CVE-2005-2975 CVE-2005-2976 CVE-2005-3186 CVE-2007-0010  +6 more Upstream summary: Integer overflow in pixbuf_create_from_xpm (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for gtk+ 2.4.4 (gtk2) and earlier, […]

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Debian 11 — tenshi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — tenshi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • September 16, 2021
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11746 Upstream summary: Tenshi 0.15 creates a tenshi.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access […]

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How to Install MySQL via AIX Toolbox on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install MySQL via AIX Toolbox on IBM AIX 7.2

  • September 16, 2021
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Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 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 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to install mysql via aix toolbox on ibm aix 7.2 […]

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Debian 11 — slirp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — slirp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • September 16, 2021
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7039 CVE-2020-8608 Upstream summary: tcp_emu in tcp_subr.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, mismanages memory, as demonstrated by IRC DCC commands in EMU_IRC. This can cause […]

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How to Set Up a CI/CD Pipeline with Drone CI on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a CI/CD Pipeline with Drone CI on FreeBSD 13

  • September 16, 2021
  • FreeBSD
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Introduction How to Set Up a CI/CD Pipeline with Drone CI on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service […]

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