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How to Install Apache2 on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Apache2 on Debian 10

Introduction How to Install Apache2 on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. This tutorial […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — redis:5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — redis:5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-2002)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 September 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-2002 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10193 CVE-2019-10192 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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Debian 10 — bluez — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — bluez — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 September 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0556 CVE-2020-26558 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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How to Configure Bridge Networking on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Bridge Networking on RHEL 7

How to Configure Bridge Networking on RHEL 7 A network bridge is a Layer 2 virtual switch that connects multiple network interfaces, allowing them to share a single network segment. On RHEL 7, bridge networking is essential for virtualization with KVM — virtual machine interfaces are typically attached to a bridge so VMs appear as […]

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FreeBSD 12 — weechat — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — weechat — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: WeeChat — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5854 CVE-2017-14727 CVE-2017-8073 CVE-2020-8955 Upstream summary: The Weechat project reports: Multiple integer and buffer overflows in WeeChat core. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Common Problems 114898

RHEL 8 DNF Metadata Download Fails With Curl Error

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 10 September 2020 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Configure restic Backup Solution on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure restic Backup Solution on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure restic Backup Solution on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — kamailio — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — kamailio — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 September 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7416-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2385 CVE-2018-14767 CVE-2020-28361 CVE-2018-16657 CVE-2020-27507 Upstream summary: Stelios Tsampas discovered that Kamailio did not correctly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. A […]

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How to Install Node.js on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Node.js on RHEL 8

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 engine, widely used for building fast, scalable network applications, REST APIs, and real-time services. RHEL 8 provides Node.js through two channels: the built-in AppStream module system and the NodeSource third-party repository, which typically offers newer LTS releases. This tutorial covers both installation methods, verifying the installation, […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libzen — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 September 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6048-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36646 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ZenLib doesn't check the return value of a specific operation before using it. An attacker could use a specially crafted […]

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