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Ubuntu 16.04 — zlib — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — zlib — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 November 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5570-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-37434 CVE-2018-25032 CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9842 CVE-2016-9843 Upstream summary: Evgeny Legerov discovered that zlib incorrectly handled memory when performing certain inflate operations. An attacker could use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – temporary failure resolving hostnames breaks updates – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy) 📖 ~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 […]

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Debian 11 — php-horde — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — php-horde — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6365 CVE-2015-7984 CVE-2016-2228 CVE-2017-16907 CVE-2019-12094 CVE-2019-12095 CVE-2020-8035 Upstream summary: Horde Groupware Web mail 5.1.2 has CSRF with requests to change permissions Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 11 — influxdb — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — influxdb — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17572 CVE-2019-20933 CVE-2022-36640 Upstream summary: InfluxDB 0.9.5 has Reflected XSS in the Write Data module. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick […]

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Debian 11 — libimage-info-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libimage-info-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9181 Upstream summary: perl-Image-Info: When parsing an SVG file, external entity expansion (XXE) was not disabled. An attacker could craft an SVG file which, when processed by an […]

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

Debian 11 — guacamole-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-9497 CVE-2020-9498 Upstream summary: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 and older do not properly validate datareceived from RDP servers via static virtual channels. If a userconnects to a malicious or […]

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How To Understand the Filesystem Layout in a Linux VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Understand the Filesystem Layout in a Linux VPS

Finding your way around a Linux filesystem can be confusing if you are unfamiliar with the operating system. However, to get anything useful done, it is necessary to have a basic understanding of how Linux organizes its file tree. In this guide, we will explore how Linux divides up its filesystem and how to find your way around.

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