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How to Configure Chrony as a Time Server on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Chrony as a Time Server on RHEL 7

How to Configure Chrony as a Time Server on RHEL 7 Accurate system time is foundational to almost every enterprise workload. Kerberos authentication, TLS certificate validation, log correlation, and database replication all depend on clocks that stay in sync. While ntpd has served Linux administrators for decades, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ships Chrony as […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php55-pgsql — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php55-pgsql — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php5 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4643 CVE-2015-4644 Upstream summary: The PHP project reports: DOM and GD: Fixed bug #69719 (Incorrect handling of paths with NULs). FTP: Improved fix for […]

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Common Problems 114941

RHEL 8 Kernel Updated but GRUB Boots Older Kernel by Default

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2019 📖 ~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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SLES 15 — sysconfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — sysconfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2012:0096-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4182 Upstream summary: Missing escaping of ESSID values in sysconfig of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers controlling an access point to cause execute arbitrary code. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python-psutil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python-psutil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4324)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4324 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18874 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 — mosquitto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — mosquitto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2019 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11779 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — go1.11 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — go1.11 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:2000-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9512 CVE-2019-9514 CVE-2019-14809 Upstream summary: Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to ping floods, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends continual pings […]

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How to Install SonarQube on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install SonarQube 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 install sonarqube 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. This […]

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How to Use Lynis Security Auditing on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Lynis Security Auditing 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 lynis security auditing on ibm aix 7.1 on […]

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How to Monitor System Performance with topas on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor System Performance with topas 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 monitor system performance with topas on ibm aix 7.1 […]

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