Troubleshooting

Ubuntu 18.04 — junit4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — junit4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4731-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15250 Upstream summary: It was discovered that JUnit 4 contains a local information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. Table […]

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Arch Linux — lib32-libcurl-compat — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — lib32-libcurl-compat — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201805-15 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000301 CVE-2018-1000300 CVE-2021-22901 CVE-2021-22898 CVE-2019-5436 CVE-2019-5435 CVE-2019-3823 CVE-2019-3822  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 7.59.0-1. Fixed in: 7.60.0-1. Group: AVG-696. Table of contents […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — firefox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-1360)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-1360 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-24002 CVE-2021-23998 CVE-2021-23994 CVE-2021-23995 CVE-2021-23999 CVE-2021-29945 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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How to Configure Network QoS with tc on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Network QoS with tc on RHEL 8

Quality of Service (QoS) with the Linux traffic control subsystem (tc) gives you precise control over bandwidth allocation, latency, and scheduling for network interfaces on RHEL 8. Using the Hierarchical Token Bucket (HTB) queuing discipline you can guarantee minimum bandwidth to critical services, cap bandwidth for bulk transfers, and prioritize interactive traffic over background workloads. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — GNOME security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — GNOME security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-4451)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4451 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8846 CVE-2020-3897 CVE-2020-3900 CVE-2020-9895 CVE-2019-8813 CVE-2020-9806 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Common Problems 118002

UFW Blocks Expected Service Traffic

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 March 2021 📖 ~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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Common Problems 115636

firewalld Blocking Required Application Port – RHEL 7 Post 107

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 March 2021 📖 ~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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How to Set Up a Static IP Address on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Static IP Address on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up a Static IP Address on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to […]

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Common Problems 113415

Windows Server 2012 R2 — Split-brain DNS returns incorrect internal host records for hybrid workloads — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 March 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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