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Ubuntu 16.04 — libvirt — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libvirt — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • June 12, 2019
  • Linux
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4047-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10161 CVE-2019-10166 CVE-2019-10167 CVE-2019-10168 CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2019-11091  +9 more Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner and Ján Tomko discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain API calls. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — npm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — npm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • June 12, 2019
  • Linux
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3956 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the npm command-line interface mishandled certain sensitive information. An attacker could use this vulnerability to collect authentication information that could […]

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How to Set Up a Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Scale-Out File Server on Windows Server 2019 Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) is a Windows Server 2019 failover cluster role that presents Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) as SMB 3.x file shares that all cluster nodes simultaneously serve. Unlike a traditional clustered file server where only one node owns the storage at a time, SoFS […]

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

SLES 15 — autofs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • June 12, 2019
  • Linux
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8169 Upstream summary: automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of […]

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Common Problems 115504

sudo Command Delays from Hostname Lookup Failures

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 📖 ~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 Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Common Problems 114991

RHEL 8 XFS Filesystem Forced Read-Only After IO Error

  • June 11, 2019
  • Linux
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 📖 ~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 Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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FreeBSD 12 — kf5-kconfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kf5-kconfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • June 11, 2019
  • BSD
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: KDE Frameworks — malicious .desktop files execute code Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14744 Upstream summary: The KDE Community has released a security announcement: The syntax Key[$e]=$(shell command) in *.desktop files.directory files, and […]

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How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py32-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py32-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

  • June 11, 2019
  • BSD
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-djblets — Self-XSS vulnerability Upstream summary: Djblets Release Notes reports: A recently-discovered vulnerability in the datagrid templates allows an attacker to generate a URL to any datagrid page containing malicious […]

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Common Problems 113468

Windows Server 2012 R2 — Post-Update Boot Loop Triggered by Incompatible Storage Driver — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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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