Troubleshooting

SLES 15 — targetcli-fb-common — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — targetcli-fb-common — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 March 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10699 CVE-2020-13867 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in Linux, in targetcli-fb versions 2.1.50 and 2.1.51 where the socket used by targetclid was world-writable. If […]

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How to Set Up Port Knocking for SSH on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Port Knocking for SSH on RHEL 7

How to Set Up Port Knocking for SSH on RHEL 7 Port knocking is a stealthy technique for controlling access to network services by requiring a client to send connection attempts to a predefined sequence of closed ports before a firewall rule opens the target port. When applied to SSH, it effectively hides port 22 […]

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Windows Server 2019 – IIS Windows Authentication Negotiate failing after binding changes – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 March 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 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 […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — glib2 — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — glib2 — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2021-2170)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-2170 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27219 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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Common Problems 112519

Windows Server 2019 — IIS application pool crashes with .NET CLR errors — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 29 March 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-aiohttp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-aiohttp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 March 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: aiohttp — open redirect vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21330 Upstream summary: Sviatoslav Sydorenko reports: Open redirect vulnerability — a maliciously crafted link to an aiohttp-based web-server could redirect the browser to […]

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How to Use Podman Compose on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Podman Compose on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction How to Use Podman Compose on Oracle Linux 8 on Oracle Linux 8 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting configuration is […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — musl — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — musl — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5990-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14697 CVE-2020-28928 CVE-2014-3484 CVE-2015-1817 CVE-2016-8859 CVE-2017-15650 CVE-2018-1000001 Upstream summary: It was discovered that musl did not handle certain i386 math functions properly. An attacker could use this […]

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VMware ESXi 7.0 — openslp — multiple ESXi vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — VIB / vLCM patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on VMware ESXi 7.0

VMware ESXi 7.0 — openslp — multiple ESXi vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — VIB / vLCM patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 30–120 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: VMware ESXi 7.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: VMware advisory VMSA-2021-0002 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-3992 CVE-2021-21974 Fixed image profile / build: ESXi670-202102401-SG Upstream summary: ESXi contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in the OpenSLP service (CVE-2020-3992 / CVE-2021-21974) that allows a malicious actor residing […]

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

How to Install Apache Kafka on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying install apache kafka on freebsd 12 on a FreeBSD 12 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard base […]

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