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Debian 11 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • November 22, 2021
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1142 CVE-2009-1143 CVE-2011-1681 CVE-2011-1787 CVE-2011-2145 CVE-2011-2146 CVE-2013-3237 CVE-2014-4199  +9 more Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can gain privileges via a symlink attack […]

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How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on a CentOS 6.4 VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on a CentOS 6.4 VPS

  • November 22, 2021
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Database management is important for any site or application that must keep a large amount of information organized. This article will cover how to install phpMyAdmin, a web-based front end to MySQL and MariaDB database management systems, on a CentOS 6.4 VPS.

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How to Configure DirectAccess on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure DirectAccess on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 DirectAccess DirectAccess is a seamless always-on VPN-like technology built into Windows Server 2016 that allows domain-joined Windows clients to connect to the corporate network automatically whenever they have internet access, without requiring users to manually initiate a VPN connection. Unlike traditional VPN, DirectAccess uses IPv6 and IPsec tunnels, […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libnet-cidr-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libnet-cidr-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • November 22, 2021
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 November 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8110-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4456 Upstream summary: Dave Rolsky discovered that Net-CIDR did not properly sanitize IP addresses. An attacker could possibly use this to bypass IP-based restrictions. Table of contents […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — libnumbertext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libnumbertext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • November 22, 2021
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2021:1779 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Добавление Sidekiq и Redis в приложение Ruby on Rails — step-by-step Databases tutorial on Progressive Robot

Добавление Sidekiq и Redis в приложение Ruby on Rails

При разработке приложения Ruby on Rails могут возникнуть такие задачи приложения, которые должны выполняться асинхронно. Обработка данных, массовая рассылка электронной почты, взаимодействие с внешними API и другие подобные задачи могут выполняться…

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gnome-autoar — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gnome-autoar — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • November 22, 2021
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 November 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4937-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1929304 CVE-2021-28650 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1917812 CVE-2020-36241 Upstream summary: USN-4937-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNOME Autoar. The update caused a regression when extracting certain archives. This update fixes the problem. […]

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Configuración Inicial del Servidor en Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Configuración Inicial del Servidor en Ubuntu 16.04

  • November 22, 2021
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Cuando se crea un nuevo servidor de Ubuntu 16.04, hay algunos pasos de configuración que se deben tener desde el principio como parte de la configuración básica. Esto aumentará la seguridad y la usabilidad de su servidor y le dará una base sólida para las acciones…

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