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Ubuntu 16.04 — libvncserver — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

• July 18, 2020
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4636-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25708 CVE-2019-20839 CVE-2019-20840 CVE-2020-14396 CVE-2020-14397 CVE-2020-14398 CVE-2020-14399 CVE-2020-14400  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled certain internals. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Cómo configurar la plataforma de IDE en la nube de Eclipse Theia en Debian 10

• July 18, 2020
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El autor seleccionó la Free and Open Source Fund para recibir una donación como parte del programa Write for DOnations. Con el traslado de las herramientas de desarrollo a la nube, la adopción…

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Oracle Linux 8 — unbound — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-1716)

• July 18, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 July 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1716 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18934 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 Install Ruby on Rails on FreeBSD 10.1 using RVM

• July 18, 2020
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Ruby on Rails, or RoR for short, is a very popular full-stack web application development framework written in Ruby. It allows you to rapidly develop web applications that conform to the MVC (model-view-controller) pattern.

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2020-4945 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

• July 18, 2020
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🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 18 July 2020 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2020-4945, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2020-4945 NVD summary: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow an authenticated user to overwrite arbirary files due to improper […]

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How To Improve Website Performance Using gzip and Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04

• July 18, 2020
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In this tutorial, you will configure Nginx to use `gzip` compression. This will reduce the size of content sent to your website’s visitors and improve performance.

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Alpine Linux edge — ipmitool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

• July 18, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.8.18-r9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ipmitool 1.8.18-r9 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5208 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships ipmitool 1.8.18-r9 which addresses CVE-2020-5208. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How To Configure Nginx as a Web Server and Reverse Proxy for Apache on One Ubuntu 16.04 Server

• July 18, 2020
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Apache and Nginx are popular web servers, and you may find reasons to use both on the same server. This tutorial walks you through setting up web sites on Apache and Nginx and then proxying requests from Nginx on to Apache.

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How to Install and Configure Nomad on Debian 10

• July 18, 2020
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Introduction This guide explains how to Install and Configure Nomad on Debian 10 on Debian 10 Buster. Debian Buster uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 10 install with the […]

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SLES 12 — libtspi1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

• July 18, 2020
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 July 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:2798-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24330 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges instead of by the tss […]

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