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FreeBSD 13 — kdepim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — kdepim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kdepim exploitable buffer overflow in VCF reader Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0988 Upstream summary: A buffer overflow is present in some versions of the KDE personal information manager (kdepim) which may be […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0486 CVE-2016-6171 CVE-2017-11104 Upstream summary: Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message. Table of contents […]

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

Debian 11 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5935 CVE-2007-5936 CVE-2007-5937 CVE-2007-5940 CVE-2009-1284 CVE-2010-0739 CVE-2010-0827 CVE-2010-1440  +12 more Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc.c in dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows user-assisted […]

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How to Use HMC to Manage Power Systems on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use HMC to Manage Power Systems on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to use hmc to manage power systems on ibm aix […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — hivex — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — hivex — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 October 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5148-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3504 Upstream summary: USN-5148-1 fixed a vulnerability in hivex. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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How to Configure Software Load Balancer with SDN on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Software Load Balancer with SDN on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Software Load Balancer Software Load Balancer (SLB) is a core component of the Software Defined Networking (SDN) stack in Windows Server 2016 Datacenter edition. It distributes network traffic across multiple virtual machines or services using the same load balancing algorithms and capabilities as hardware load balancers, but implemented entirely […]

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SLES 15 — ant — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — ant — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 October 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2023:712-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11979 CVE-2021-42550 CVE-2021-36373 CVE-2021-36374 CVE-2013-1571 CVE-2018-10886 CVE-2020-1945 Upstream summary: As mitigation for CVE-2020-1945 Apache Ant 1.10.8 changed the permissions of temporary files it created so […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — java-11-openjdk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — java-11-openjdk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-1307)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-1307 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-2163 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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FreeBSD 13 — postgresql-contrib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — postgresql-contrib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: postgresql-contrib — insecure temporary file creation Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0977 Upstream summary: The make_oidjoins_check script in the PostgreSQL RDBMS has insecure handling of temporary files, which could lead to an attacker […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py310-suds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py310-suds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-suds — vulnerable to symlink attacks Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2217 Upstream summary: SUSE reports: cache.py in Suds 0.4, when tempdir is set to None, allows local users to redirect SOAP queries […]

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