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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS sudo Stops Working Due to Broken Permissions

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 August 2019 📖 ~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 Configure TeamCity Build Agent on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure TeamCity Build Agent on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure TeamCity Build Agent on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: zypper […]

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FreeBSD 12 — avahi-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — avahi-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: avahi — denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2244 CVE-2011-1002 Upstream summary: Avahi developers reports: A vulnerability has been reported in Avahi, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ldapscripts — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ldapscripts — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ldapscripts — Command Line User Credentials Disclosure Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5373 Upstream summary: Ganael Laplanche reports: Up to now, each ldap* command was called with the -w parameter, which allows to […]

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How to Configure Network Time Protocol with chrony on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Network Time Protocol with chrony on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure network time protocol with chrony on ibm aix […]

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How to Back Up PostgreSQL with pg_dump on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Back Up PostgreSQL with pg_dump on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Back Up PostgreSQL with pg_dump on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py36-urllib — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py36-urllib — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: urllib3 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20060 CVE-2019-11236 CVE-2019-11324 Upstream summary: NIST reports: (by search in the range 2018/01/01 – 2019/11/10): urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization […]

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FreeBSD 12 — kdewebdev — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kdewebdev — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kdewebdev — kommander untrusted code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0754 Upstream summary: A KDE Security Advisory reports: Kommander executes without user confirmation data files from possibly untrusted locations. As they […]

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