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

Oracle Linux 8 — libtiff — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-3419)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-3419 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12900 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 Install Ansible on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Ansible on RHEL 8

Ansible is the leading open-source automation engine for configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration. On RHEL 8, you can install Ansible from the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository or directly via pip3, giving you flexibility depending on your environment. This tutorial walks through both installation methods, basic inventory configuration, and running your first […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — sqliteodbc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — sqliteodbc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0612-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12050 Upstream summary: SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – apt update fails due to expired repository Release file

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 20.04.6 📖 ~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 […]

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How to Set Up Docker Swarm Cluster on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Docker Swarm Cluster on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up Docker Swarm Cluster 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 […]

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How to Use filemon for I/O Monitoring on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use filemon for I/O Monitoring 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 use filemon for i/o monitoring on ibm aix 7.1 […]

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Alpine Linux edge — pure-ftpd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — pure-ftpd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.0.49-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — pure-ftpd 1.0.49-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-9274 CVE-2020-9365 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships pure-ftpd 1.0.49-r1 which addresses CVE-2020-9274. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Debian 10 — gst-plugins-ugly1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — gst-plugins-ugly1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 August 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker 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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Arch Linux — atftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — atftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202101-24 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-6097 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.7.2-2. Fixed in: 0.7.2-3. Group: AVG-1395. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Configure Mandatory Access Control with SELinux Policies on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Mandatory Access Control with SELinux Policies on RHEL 8

SELinux Mandatory Access Control (MAC) confines processes to only the resources they legitimately need, limiting the damage an attacker can do even after exploiting a vulnerability. While RHEL 8 ships with broad pre-built policies for common services, custom applications often generate AVC (Access Vector Cache) denial messages because no policy exists for them yet. Rather […]

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