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FreeBSD 12 — zabbix32-proxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zabbix32-proxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Zabbix — Remote code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2824 Upstream summary: mitre reports: An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the trapper command functionality of Zabbix Server 2.4.X. A specially crafted […]

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How to Use Robocopy for Scheduled File Backups on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Robocopy for Scheduled File Backups on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Use Robocopy for Scheduled File Backups on Windows Server 2012 R2 Robocopy (Robust File Copy) is a command-line file copy tool built into Windows Server 2012 R2 that provides significantly more functionality than standard copy or xcopy commands. Its combination of multi-threaded operation, mirror mode, restart capability, file attribute preservation, and detailed logging […]

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FreeBSD 12 — drupal6-views — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — drupal6-views — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Drupal Views plugin — cross-site scripting Related CVEs: CVE-2010-4521 Upstream summary: Drupal security team reports: The Views module provides a flexible method for Drupal site designers to control how lists […]

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Incorrect Timezone Affecting Cron and Logs

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 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 — bind910-base — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bind910-base — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bind — denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1349 CVE-2015-4620 CVE-2015-5477 CVE-2015-5722 CVE-2015-5986 Upstream summary: ISC reports: An incorrect boundary check in openpgpkey_61.c can cause named to terminate due to […]

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Java File separator, separatorChar, pathSeparator, pathSeparatorChar — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

Java File separator, separatorChar, pathSeparator, pathSeparatorChar

URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/java-file-separator-separatorchar-pathseparator-pathseparatorchar/ java.io.File class contains four static separator variables. Here we will learn about them and when to use it. File.separator: Platform dependent default name-separator character as String. For windows, it's '\' and for unix it's '/'. File.separatorChar: Same as separator but it's char. File.pathSeparator: Platform dependent variable for path-separator. For example PATH or CLASSPATH […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libxmlrpc3-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libxmlrpc3-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4496-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17570 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) does not properly deserialize untrusted data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary […]

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How to Monitor Disk Usage with df, du, lsblk and ncdu on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Disk Usage with df, du, lsblk and ncdu on RHEL 8

Running out of disk space is one of the most disruptive events on a Linux server, and it often happens silently until a service crashes or a write fails. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ships with several tools to help you stay ahead of the problem: df for a quick filesystem overview, du for directory-level […]

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How to Install MemSQL on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install MemSQL on Ubuntu 14.04

MemSQL is a type of in-memory database that can serve faster reads and writes than a traditional database. Even though it is a new technology, it speaks the MySQL protocol, so it feels very familiar to work with.

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How To Install Discourse on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Docker tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Discourse on Ubuntu 16.04

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. It can be used as a mailing list, a discussion forum, or a long-form chat room. In this tutorial, we’ll install Discourse in an isolated environment using Docker, a containerization application.

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