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Debian 11 — pidgin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — pidgin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4996 CVE-2007-4999 CVE-2008-2927 CVE-2008-2955 CVE-2008-2956 CVE-2008-2957 CVE-2008-3532 CVE-2009-1373  +12 more Upstream summary: libpurple in Pidgin before 2.2.1 does not properly handle MSN nudge messages from users who are […]

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Debian 11 — ggobi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ggobi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3736 Upstream summary: ltdl.c in libltdl in GNU Libtool 1.5.x, and 2.2.6 before 2.2.6b, as used in Ham Radio Control Libraries, Q, and possibly other products, attempts to […]

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Debian 11 — coccinelle — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — coccinelle — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1753 Upstream summary: Coccinelle 0.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified "result file." Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Configure Huge Pages for Database Performance on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Huge Pages for Database Performance on RHEL 9

Standard Linux memory pages are 4 KB, and the kernel must maintain a Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) entry for each mapped page. Database systems that manage large shared memory segments — such as PostgreSQL’s shared_buffers, Oracle’s SGA, or MySQL’s InnoDB buffer pool — can create millions of TLB entries, causing frequent TLB misses that significantly […]

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Debian 11 — dist — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — dist — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4949 Upstream summary: dist 3.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/cil#####, (b) /tmp/pdo#####, and (c) /tmp/pdn##### temporary files, related to […]

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Debian 11 — metview — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — metview — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17515 Upstream summary: etc/ObjectList in Metview 4.7.3 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct […]

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Debian 11 — fence-agents — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — fence-agents — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 December 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0104 CVE-2019-10153 Upstream summary: In fence-agents before 4.0.17 does not verify remote SSL certificates in the fence_cisco_ucs.py script which can potentially allow for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL […]

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How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 22.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 22.04

Apache’s mod_rewrite module lets you redirect URLs based on additional conditions, or rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query string. In this tutorial, you’ll enable `mod_rewrite` and use `.htaccess` files to create a basic URL redirection, and then explore a couple of advanced use cases.

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