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Debian 11 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16729 Upstream summary: pam-python before 1.0.7-1 has an issue in regard to the default environment variable handling of Python, which could allow for local root escalation in certain […]

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What is Drupal? — step-by-step CMS tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is Drupal?

Drupal is a popular open source content management system (CMS) used to run some of the largest blogs and websites across the internet. Due to its stability, adaptability, and its active community, Drupal remains a…

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Verwenden des SMTP-Servers von Google — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Verwenden des SMTP-Servers von Google

Eine wenig bekannte Funktion von Gmail und Google Apps E-Mail ist der portable SMTP-Server von Google. Anstatt Ihren eigenen Postausgangsserver auf Ihrem the cloud provider VPS verwalten zu müssen, können Sie die SMTP-Servereinstellungen von Google einfach mit einem beliebigen Skript oder Programm konfigurieren, von dem Sie eine E-Mail senden möchten.

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How to Configure PowerShell Just Enough Administration (JEA) on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PowerShell Just Enough Administration (JEA) on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure PowerShell Just Enough Administration (JEA) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Just Enough Administration (JEA) is a PowerShell security technology that enables role-based access to administrative functions without granting full administrator privileges. Rather than making a helpdesk technician a local administrator to restart a service, JEA creates a constrained PowerShell endpoint where the […]

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Debian 11 — lpr — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — lpr — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2000-1220 CVE-2000-1221 CVE-2003-0144 CVE-2003-0146 Upstream summary: The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems allows local users to gain root privileges by […]

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OpenBSD 7.5 — sndiod — errata 005_sndiod — reliability fix — syspatch and remediation — diagnosis and fix on OpenBSD 7.5

OpenBSD 7.5 — sndiod — errata 005_sndiod — reliability fix — syspatch and remediation

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: OpenBSD 7.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: OpenBSD 7.5 errata 005_sndiod Errata topic: Security: sndiod (All architectures) Issued: August 2, 2024 Upstream summary: sndiod(8) main process could crash due to buffer overread. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Debian 11 — ruby-i18n — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ruby-i18n — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4492 CVE-2014-10077 Upstream summary: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in exceptions.rb in the i18n gem before 0.6.6 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — pdfresurrect — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — pdfresurrect — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5282-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14267 CVE-2019-14934 CVE-2020-20740 CVE-2020-9549 CVE-2021-3508 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PDFResurrect was incorrectly handling corrupted PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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