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

Oracle Linux 8 — poppler — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-2979)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 October 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-2979 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36024 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 Set Up Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2016

How to Install Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is the cornerstone of identity and access management in Windows environments. Installing AD DS on Windows Server 2016 allows you to create a new forest and domain, manage user accounts, computers, and group policies from a central location. […]

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SLES 12 — mutt — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — mutt — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 7 October 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14354 CVE-2018-14360 CVE-2018-14361 CVE-2020-14093 CVE-2020-14154 CVE-2020-14954 CVE-2018-14351 CVE-2018-14357  +12 more Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They […]

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How to Set Up a Load-Balanced PostgreSQL Cluster with Patroni on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Load-Balanced PostgreSQL Cluster with Patroni on RHEL 8

Patroni is a Python-based high-availability solution for PostgreSQL that uses a distributed configuration store — in this tutorial, etcd — to manage leader election, automatic failover, and cluster membership. On RHEL 8, both Patroni and etcd are available through the EPEL repository, making the installation straightforward. This guide walks through installing PostgreSQL, etcd, and Patroni, […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — cups — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2020-1765)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 October 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1765 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8696 CVE-2019-8675 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 GNOME Shell freezes or crashes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 October 2020 📖 ~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 SLES 12 for High-Performance Computing — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SLES 12 for High-Performance Computing

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up SLES 12 for High-Performance Computing 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 date: zypper […]

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Common Problems 113402

Windows Server 2012 R2 ReFS Metadata Corruption Warnings on Data Volume – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — sympa — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — sympa — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4442-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000550 CVE-2018-1000671 CVE-2020-10936 Upstream summary: USN-4442-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Sympa. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5257-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-19860 CVE-2020-19861 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ldns incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-19860, CVE-2020-19861) Table […]

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