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

FreeBSD 12 — global — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: global — gozilla vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17531 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, […]

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firewalld Blocks Required Application Port – RHEL 7 Post 133

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 October 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 Set Up NFS Server and Client on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up NFS Server and Client on Debian 9

Introduction How to Set Up NFS Server and Client on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php5-wddx — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-wddx — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0905 CVE-2007-0906 CVE-2007-0907 CVE-2007-0908 CVE-2007-0909 CVE-2007-0910 CVE-2007-0988 CVE-2007-1001 Upstream summary: The PHP development team reports: Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.2 and PHP […]

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How to Configure Managed Service Accounts on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Managed Service Accounts on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure Managed Service Accounts on Windows Server 2012 R2 Managed Service Accounts (MSAs) were introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 to address the operational challenges of managing traditional service account passwords. An MSA is a special type of domain account whose password is automatically managed by Active Directory — the password is a […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: horde — Phishing and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Horde, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing and cross-site […]

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What is Java? — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is Java?

Java is a concurrent, class-based, object-oriented programming language intended to run with as few implementation dependencies as possible.

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FreeBSD 12 — tightvnc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — tightvnc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: TightVNC — Muliple Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15678 CVE-2019-15679 CVE-2019-15680 CVE-2019-8287 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: TightVNC code version 1.3.10 contains global buffer overflow in HandleCoRREBBP macro function, which can potentially result […]

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