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How To Install Puppet 4 in a Master-Agent Setup on CentOS 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Puppet 4 in a Master-Agent Setup on CentOS 7

In this tutorial, we will cover how to install open source Puppet 4 in a master-agent setup on CentOS 7. In this setup, the Puppet master server—which runs the Puppet Server software—can be used to control all your other servers, or Puppet agent nodes. Note that we’ll be using the Puppet Server package, instead of Passenger or any other runtime environment.

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Debian 12 — libphp-phpmailer — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — libphp-phpmailer — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1807 CVE-2007-3215 CVE-2015-8476 CVE-2016-10033 CVE-2017-11503 CVE-2017-5223 CVE-2018-19296 CVE-2020-13625  +2 more Upstream summary: The Data function in class.smtp.php in PHPMailer 1.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a […]

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How to Configure Woodpecker CI on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Woodpecker CI on Debian 12

Introduction How to Configure Woodpecker CI on Debian 12 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 12 Bookworm server. Debian 12 Bookworm 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 Debian 12. This […]

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Debian 12 — ruby-commonmarker — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — ruby-commonmarker — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5238 CVE-2022-24724 CVE-2022-39209 CVE-2023-22483 CVE-2023-22484 CVE-2023-22485 CVE-2023-22486 CVE-2023-24824  +3 more Upstream summary: The table extension in GitHub Flavored Markdown before version 0.29.0.gfm.1 takes O(n * n) time to […]

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Debian 12 — brandy — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — brandy — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14662 CVE-2019-14663 CVE-2019-14665 CVE-2020-27372 Upstream summary: Brandy 1.20.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in fileio_openout in fileio.c via crafted BASIC source code. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libspring-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libspring-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 July 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7165-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-22965 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Spring Framework incorrectly handled web requests via data binding. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve remote […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — kvmtool — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — kvmtool — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 July 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8172-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-2861 CVE-2021-45464 Upstream summary: It was discovered that kvmtool did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. A malicious guest attacker could use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — exo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — exo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 July 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6008-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-32278 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exo did not properly sanitized desktop files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to to cause a crash […]

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How to Install and Use Deno on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Use Deno on Debian 12

Introduction Deploying install and use deno on debian 12 on a Debian 12 Bookworm machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Before you […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-12393)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 July 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-12393 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-32233 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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