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Oracle Linux 8 — libX11 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libX11 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4326)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 February 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4326 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-31535 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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Debian 10 — python-apt — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — python-apt — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15795 CVE-2020-27351 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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Alpine Linux edge — libexif — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — libexif — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.6.23-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libexif 0.6.23-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0198 CVE-2020-0452 CVE-2018-20030 CVE-2020-13114 CVE-2020-13113 CVE-2020-13112 CVE-2020-0093 CVE-2019-9278  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships libexif 0.6.23-r0 which […]

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How to Use Capsicum Sandboxing on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Capsicum Sandboxing on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up use capsicum sandboxing on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux distribution. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — mariadb:10.5 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — mariadb:10.5 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-5826)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 February 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-5826 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46659 CVE-2022-27378 CVE-2022-27384 CVE-2022-27458 CVE-2022-27382 CVE-2022-27445 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 16.04 LTS unattended-upgrades lock blocks apt and dpkg

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 27 February 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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How to Set Up Buildkite Agent on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Buildkite Agent on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction Setting up set up buildkite agent on oracle linux 8 on a Oracle Linux 8 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Set Up Buildkite Agent on Oracle Linux 8, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29681 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29681 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 27 February 2021 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-29681, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-29681 NVD summary: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information by injecting parameters into an HTML query. This information could be […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — firefox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-0655)

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 27 February 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-0655 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23968 CVE-2021-23973 CVE-2021-23969 CVE-2021-23978 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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Debian 10 — python-django — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — python-django — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 February 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14232 CVE-2019-19844 CVE-2020-13254 CVE-2020-7471 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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