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Common Problems 114991

RHEL 8 XFS Filesystem Forced Read-Only After IO Error

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 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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FreeBSD 12 — kf5-kconfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kf5-kconfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: KDE Frameworks — malicious .desktop files execute code Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14744 Upstream summary: The KDE Community has released a security announcement: The syntax Key[$e]=$(shell command) in *.desktop files.directory files, and […]

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How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (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 12 system is up to date: zypper […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py32-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py32-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-djblets — Self-XSS vulnerability Upstream summary: Djblets Release Notes reports: A recently-discovered vulnerability in the datagrid templates allows an attacker to generate a URL to any datagrid page containing malicious […]

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Common Problems 113468

Windows Server 2012 R2 — Post-Update Boot Loop Triggered by Incompatible Storage Driver — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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Common Problems 112489

Windows Server 2019 — WinRM remote PowerShell fails with access denied after hardening — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — timidity++-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — timidity++-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: TiMidity++ — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11546 CVE-2017-11547 CVE-2017-11549 Upstream summary: qflb.wu of DBAPPSecurity reports: Ihe insert_note_steps function in readmidi.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 can cause a denial of service(divide-by-zero error […]

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How to Configure DNS Split-Brain (Split Horizon) on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure DNS Split-Brain (Split Horizon) on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure DNS Split-Brain (Split Horizon) on Windows Server 2012 R2 DNS Split-Brain (also called Split Horizon DNS) is a configuration where the same DNS namespace resolves to different IP addresses depending on where the query originates. The most common use case is a corporate domain (contoso.com) that must resolve to internal IP addresses […]

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FreeBSD 12 — hsftp — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — hsftp — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: hsftp format string vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Ulf Härnhammar discovered a format string bug in hsftp's file listing code may allow a malicious server to cause arbitrary code execution by the […]

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Python String Module — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

Python String Module

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/python-string-module/ Python String module contains some constants, utility function, and classes for string manipulation. Python String Module It's a built-in module and we have to import it before using any of its constants and classes. String Module Constants Let's look at the constants defined in the string module. import string # string module constants […]

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