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AlmaLinux 8 — ansible-pcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — ansible-pcp — 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-2022:1843 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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How to Use OpenSSL to Generate, Sign and Manage SSL Certificates on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use OpenSSL to Generate, Sign and Manage SSL Certificates on RHEL 8

SSL/TLS certificates are the foundation of encrypted communications on the internet, authenticating servers and encrypting data in transit. On RHEL 8, OpenSSL provides a full-featured toolkit for creating your own Certificate Authority, generating server certificates, and managing the entire certificate lifecycle. Understanding this process is essential for securing internal services without relying on external providers. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Messages Referring to tmpfiles.d Files Appear During Upgrade — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Messages Referring to tmpfiles.d Files Appear During Upgrade

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 32852433 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 […]

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How to Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying secure apache with let’s encrypt 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 the […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — spacewalk-koan — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — spacewalk-koan — 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-2019:3355 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 — bnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — bnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fd_set — bitmap index overflow in multiple applications Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1052 Upstream summary: 3APA3A reports: If programmer fails to check socket number before using select() or fd_set macros, it's possible […]

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Windows Server 2019 — sIDHistory cleanup needed to retire deprecated SIDs after migration — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~2 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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FreeBSD 13 — icedtea-web — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — icedtea-web — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Several vulnerabilities found in IcedTea-Web Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3422 CVE-2012-3423 Upstream summary: The IcedTea project team reports: CVE-2012-3422: Use of uninitialized instance pointers An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — cmocka — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2019:3557 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 — ru-apache+mod_ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ru-apache+mod_ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache 1.3 — mod_proxy reverse proxy exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0993 CVE-2004-0700 CVE-2004-0885 CVE-2004-0940 CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 CVE-2011-3368 Upstream summary: Apache HTTP server project reports: An exposure was found when using […]

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