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openSUSE Tumbleweed — cvs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — cvs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2012:0311-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0804 CVE-2017-12836 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause […]

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Debian 10 – DKMS Module Build Fails After Kernel Update – Header Alignment

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 April 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~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 & […]

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How to Set Up a LEMP Stack on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a LEMP Stack on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Set Up a LEMP Stack 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-ecdsa — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-ecdsa — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2019:2472-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14853 CVE-2019-14859 Upstream summary: An error-handling flaw was found in python-ecdsa before version 0.13.3. During signature decoding, malformed DER signatures could raise unexpected exceptions (or […]

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How to Set Up GlusterFS Distributed Storage on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up GlusterFS Distributed Storage on Debian 9

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up GlusterFS Distributed Storage on Debian 9 on Debian 9 Stretch. Debian Stretch uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 9 install with […]

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Debian 10 — inspircd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — inspircd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 April 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20917 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 Tune AIX for Low-Latency Applications on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Tune AIX for Low-Latency Applications 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 tune aix for low-latency applications on ibm aix 7.2 […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — nagstamon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4114 Upstream summary: The automatic update request in Nagstamont before 0.9.10 uses a cleartext base64 format for transmission of a username and password, which allows […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-oracle-5.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-oracle-5.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 April 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4440-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16089 CVE-2019-19462 CVE-2019-20810 CVE-2019-20908 CVE-2020-10732 CVE-2020-10757 CVE-2020-10766 CVE-2020-10767  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the network block device (nbd) implementation in the Linux kernel did […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — vim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1619)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 April 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1619 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12735 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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