🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 20 May 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:1760-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3504 CVE-2021-3622 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in the hivex library in versions before 1.3.20. It is caused due to a lack of bounds […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 20 May 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2022:2025-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46828 Upstream summary: In libtirpc before 1.3.3rc1, remote attackers could exhaust the file descriptors of a process that uses libtirpc because idle TCP connections are […]
How to Schedule Automated Tasks with cron and anacron on RHEL 7 Automation is at the heart of effective Linux system administration. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 provides two complementary scheduling systems: cron for tasks that need to run at precise times on continuously running servers, and anacron for tasks that must eventually run on […]
🟡 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 […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 19 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Oracle Bug 29531930 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 […]
Introduction How to Configure Oracle Linux 8 with Secure Boot on Oracle Linux 8 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting configuration is […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2020:1839 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 […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 15–45 min Last verified: 19 May 2021 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read • Source: NVD CVE-2021-20488, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-20488 NVD summary: IBM Security Identity Manager 6.0.2 could allow an authenticated malicious user to change the passwords of other users in the Windows AD environment when […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2020:4773 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 […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 19 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libtool — Library Search Path Privilege Escalation Issue Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3736 Upstream summary: Secunia.com Do not attempt to load an unqualified module.la file from the current directory (by default) since […]
