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How to Set Up LAPS Advanced Configuration on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up LAPS Advanced Configuration on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Set Up LAPS Advanced Configuration on Windows Server 2012 R2 Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a Microsoft tool that automatically manages unique, randomly generated local Administrator passwords for every computer in Active Directory. Without LAPS, organizations often set the same local Administrator password on all machines, which means that compromising one system […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache22-event-mpm — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache22-event-mpm — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache22 — chunk header parsing defect Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0833 CVE-2012-2687 CVE-2012-3499 CVE-2012-4558 CVE-2013-1862 CVE-2013-1896 CVE-2013-5704 CVE-2013-6438  +5 more Upstream summary: Apache Foundation reports: CVE-2015-3183 core: Fix chunk header parsing defect. […]

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SLES 15 — perl-Archive-Zip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — perl-Archive-Zip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2385-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10860 Upstream summary: perl-archive-zip is vulnerable to a directory traversal in Archive::Zip. It was found that the Archive::Zip module did not properly sanitize paths while […]

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How To SELECT Rows FROM Tables in SQL — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To SELECT Rows FROM Tables in SQL

One of the most fundamental parts of working with databases is the practice of retrieving information about the data held within them. In relational database management systems, any operation used to retrieve information from a table is referred to as a query. In this guide, we will discuss the basic syntax of queries in Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as some of their more commonly used functions and operators.

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How To Analyze Managed PostgreSQL Database Statistics Using the Elastic Stack on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Analyze Managed PostgreSQL Database Statistics Using the Elastic Stack on Ubuntu 18.04

Database monitoring is the continuous process of systematically tracking various metrics that show how the database is performing. By observing the performance data, you can gain valuable insights and identify possible bottlenecks, as well as find additional ways of improving database performance. In this tutorial, you’ll import database metrics, generated by the PostgreSQL statistics collector, into Elasticsearch via Logstash.

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libwmf — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libwmf — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2006:019 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2006-3376 CVE-2015-0848 CVE-2015-4588 CVE-2015-4695 CVE-2015-4696 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in player.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4, as used in multiple products including (1) wv, (2) abiword, (3) […]

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