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Ubuntu 20.04 — tigervnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — tigervnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5965-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26117 Upstream summary: It was discovered that TigerVNC mishandled TLS certificate exceptions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to impersonate any server after a client had added […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — virt:kvm_utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — virt:kvm_utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9172)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9172 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3593 CVE-2021-3713 CVE-2020-29130 CVE-2021-3594 CVE-2021-3595 CVE-2021-20257 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Running dnf update glusterfs-* Command Fails to Upgrade Previously Installed Packages — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Running dnf update glusterfs-* Command Fails to Upgrade Previously Installed Packages

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 30279840 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 Set Up Link Aggregation (EtherChannel) on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Link Aggregation (EtherChannel) on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 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 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to set up link aggregation (etherchannel) on ibm aix 7.1 […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — librhsm — 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-2021:1689 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 Set Up FTP Server with vsftpd on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up FTP Server with vsftpd on FreeBSD 13

Introduction FreeBSD 13 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up ftp server with vsftpd on freebsd 13 on FreeBSD 13 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2020-4771 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2020-4771 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 11 June 2021 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2020-4771, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2020-4771 NVD summary: IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10.and 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.11 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper authentication […]

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FreeBSD 12 — tauthon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — tauthon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tauthon — Regular Expression Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8492 Upstream summary: The :class:`~urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler` class of the :mod:`urllib.request` module uses an inefficient regular expression which can be exploited by an […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libcanberra — 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-2021:1838 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 — global — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — global — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: global — gozilla vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17531 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, […]

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