How To Install Solr on Ubuntu 14.04
Solr is a search engine platform based on Apache Lucene. It is written in Java and uses the Lucene library to implement indexing.
SLES 12 — libwsman1 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 6 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:0654-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3816 CVE-2019-3833 Upstream summary: Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to arbitrary file disclosure because the working directory of openwsmand daemon was […]
How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Debian 7
This tutorial covers installing phpMyAdmin on a LAMP stack. Additionally it includes the steps on how to secure it with the .htaccess file. phpMyAdmin is a free web software to work with MySQL on the web, providing a convenient visual front end to the MySQL capabilities.
Arch Linux — libusbmuxd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Arch ASA ASA-201706-5 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-5104 Upstream summary: Type: access restriction bypass. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.0.10-1. Fixed in: 1.0.10-2. Group: AVG-7. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]
How To Detect and Extract Faces from an Image with OpenCV and Python
A Haar Cascade is an object detection method used to locate an object of interest in images. In this tutorial, you will use a pre-trained Haar Cascade from OpenCV to detect and extract faces from an image.
RHEL 7 systemctl daemon-reload Missing After Unit File Edit
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 5 November 2019 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~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 & […]
How to Install Perl on SLES 12
Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Perl 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 refresh && […]
YUM Repository 404 Errors on RHEL 7
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 5 November 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 […]
RHEL 8 – logrotate Misconfiguration Leads to /var/log Disk Exhaustion
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 5 November 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 […]
FreeBSD 12 — pear-Net_Traceroute — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 5 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PEAR — Net_Ping and Net_Traceroute remote arbitrary command injection Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4024 CVE-2009-4025 Upstream summary: PEAR Security Advisory reports: Multiple remote arbitrary command injections have been found in the Net_Ping […]