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FreeBSD 13 — age — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — age — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: age — age vulnerable to malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities causing arbitrary binary execution Upstream summary: Filippo Valsorda reports: A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an […]

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How to Enable Nested Virtualisation in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Enable Nested Virtualisation in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Nested Virtualisation Nested virtualisation is a feature introduced in Windows Server 2016 that allows a Hyper-V virtual machine to act as a Hyper-V host itself. In other words, you can run Hyper-V inside a Hyper-V VM. This capability is invaluable for lab environments, developer testing, training scenarios, containerised […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — cronie — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:2007 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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FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-dbus-glib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-dbus-glib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dbus-glib — privledge escalation Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0292 Upstream summary: Sebastian Krahmer reports: A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way dbus-glib, the D-Bus add-on library to integrate the standard […]

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How to Set Up DHCP Server on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up DHCP Server on Windows Server 2019

How to Set Up DHCP Server on Windows Server 2019 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) automates the assignment of IP addresses, subnet masks, default gateways, DNS server addresses, and other network configuration parameters to clients on a network. Without DHCP, every device on a network would require manual IP configuration. Windows Server 2019 includes a […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — container-tools:ol8 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — container-tools:ol8 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-7457)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-7457 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41190 CVE-2022-2990 CVE-2022-1708 CVE-2021-36221 CVE-2022-27191 CVE-2022-29162 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Filesystem Remounted Read-Only After I/O Errors

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 August 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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AlmaLinux 8 — gnome-terminal — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — gnome-terminal — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:1586 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13012 CVE-2020-13543 CVE-2020-13584 CVE-2020-16125 CVE-2020-9948 CVE-2020-9951 CVE-2020-9983 CVE-2021-1817  +4 more Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – NTP drift causes authentication and cluster timing faults – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 August 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 📖 ~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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How to Set Up Windows Remote Management for Ansible Control on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Remote Management for Ansible Control on Windows Server 2016

Introduction Ansible is a powerful agentless IT automation platform that can manage Windows Server 2016 hosts via WinRM (Windows Remote Management). Unlike Linux automation over SSH, Ansible reaches Windows servers through WinRM using NTLM or Kerberos authentication. This guide covers configuring Windows Server 2016 as a fully managed Ansible node — enabling WinRM with HTTPS, […]

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