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Oracle Linux 8 — glibc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — glibc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-9280)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-9280 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3326 CVE-2019-25013 CVE-2020-27618 CVE-2016-10228 CVE-2019-9169 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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dpkg Interrupted, You Must Manually Run dpkg –configure -a

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 March 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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Oracle Linux 8 — tracepath6 does not parse destination IPv6 address correctly — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — tracepath6 does not parse destination IPv6 address correctly

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 29540588 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 IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) 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 ibm spectrum scale (gpfs) on ibm aix […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — gsl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gsl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6472-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35357 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNU Scientific Library incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially […]

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How to Configure pgBouncer on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure pgBouncer on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction How to Configure pgBouncer on Oracle Linux 8 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 reproducible […]

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How to Use IBM Tivoli Access Manager on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use IBM Tivoli Access Manager on IBM AIX 7.2

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 use ibm tivoli access manager on ibm aix 7.2 […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libnet-cidr-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libnet-cidr-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8110-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4456 Upstream summary: Dave Rolsky discovered that Net-CIDR did not properly sanitize IP addresses. An attacker could possibly use this to bypass IP-based restrictions. Table of contents […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — libfastjson — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libfastjson — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-6976)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-6976 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12762 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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How to Set Up ArgoCD for GitOps on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up ArgoCD for GitOps on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Set Up ArgoCD for GitOps on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 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 management, pf for […]

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