🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 28 August 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4974 CVE-2010-3349 CVE-2020-22617 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC […]
Encrypting your data is a great way to ensure that nobody will have access to your sensitive information if they ever get access to your server. There are many possible uses for this, such as making it easier to decommission servers with sensitive data, storing uncommonly accessed but important files, etc. In this guide, we will discuss how to use dm-crypt to create create an encrypted volume out of a regular empty file.
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 28 August 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6100-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-24038 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTML::StripScripts does not properly parse HTML content with certain style attributes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause […]
cPanel is a convenient application that allows users to administer servers through a GUI interface instead of the traditional command line. Although the installation for cPanel is relatively simple, the script does take several hours to run. Here’s how to install cPanel on a virtual server running Centos 6
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Microsoft KB5027281 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-29363 CVE-2023-32014 CVE-2023-32015 CVE-2023-29346 CVE-2023-29351 CVE-2023-29355 CVE-2023-29358 CVE-2023-29359 +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2022 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]
Introduction Setting up set up gitlab ce on oracle linux 9 on a Oracle Linux 9 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Set Up GitLab CE on Oracle Linux 9, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to […]
Network Documentation Tool (Netdot) is an open source tool which can help network administrators collect, organize, and maintain network documentation.
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 28 August 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-5731 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-40433 CVE-2023-22067 CVE-2023-22081 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]
Build production-ready Kubernetes clusters quickly, complete with day-2 capabilities like ingress, logging, monitoring, alerting, and backup. Streamline setting up your ideal configuration with Terraform, Flux, and Helm.
The the cloud provider metadata service includes a field called “user-data”, which can be used to specify a script that will be run as your server is brought online. The CloudInit program, which runs these scripts, can process a special script type called “cloud-config”. In this guide, we’ll explore how to create cloud-config files and the best ways to leverage their power.
