🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 17 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4508-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7040 Upstream summary: It was discovered that StoreBackup did not properly manage lock files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service […]
Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure network attached storage on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 17 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4515-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-9274 Upstream summary: Antonio Norales discovered that Pure-FTPd incorrectly handled directory aliases. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2020-9274) Table of contents […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2016 NTP Server Accurate time synchronization is critical for Active Directory authentication, Kerberos tickets, audit logs, and certificate validity. Windows Server 2016 includes the Windows Time Service (W32TM) which can be configured to act as an NTP server for your network. This guide explains how to configure a Windows Server […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 16 December 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-0099 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4144 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]
Introduction How to Configure NUMA Architecture on Oracle Linux 8 on Oracle Linux 8 provides administrators with a robust, enterprise-ready workflow that integrates cleanly with systemd, SELinux, firewalld, and the modern AppStream module system. In this tutorial we will walk through every step required, from package installation to verification, so that the resulting configuration is […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 16 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4314-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10595 Upstream summary: Russ Allbery discovered that pam-krb5 incorrectly handled some responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 16 December 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~2 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 […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-19 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28493 Upstream summary: The ‘urlize’ filter in Jinja utilized an inefficient regular expression that could be exploited to consume excess CPU. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 16 December 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 […]
