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FreeBSD 12 — ja-mutt — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-mutt — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mutt — denial of service via crafted mail message Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0078 CVE-2007-2683 CVE-2014-9116 Upstream summary: NVD reports: The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters […]

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How to Monitor Windows Server with Prometheus and Grafana on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Windows Server with Prometheus and Grafana on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Prometheus and Grafana Monitoring on Windows Server 2019 Prometheus is an open-source time-series monitoring system originally developed at SoundCloud, now a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project. It collects metrics by scraping HTTP endpoints exposed by exporters on monitored systems. Grafana is a visualization and dashboarding platform that queries Prometheus (and many other […]

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FreeBSD 12 — leafnode — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — leafnode — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: leafnode — denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1661 CVE-2003-0744 CVE-2004-2068 CVE-2005-1453 CVE-2005-1911 Upstream summary: Matthias Andree reports: A vulnerability was found in the fetchnews program (the NNTP client) that […]

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Debian 9 — python-apt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — python-apt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 June 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15795 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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SLES 15 — vsftpd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — vsftpd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:0417-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1419 Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in vsftpd 3.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions via unknown vectors, related to deny_file parsing. Table […]

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How to Set Up a Print Server on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Print Server on Windows Server 2019

How to Set Up a Print Server on Windows Server 2019 A print server centralizes printer management for an organization, allowing users to connect to shared printers without needing to install drivers individually on each workstation. Windows Server 2019 includes the Print and Document Services role which provides centralized printer deployment via Group Policy, driver […]

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