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Debian 11 — haskell-cmark-gfm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — haskell-cmark-gfm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5238 Upstream summary: The table extension in GitHub Flavored Markdown before version 0.29.0.gfm.1 takes O(n * n) time to parse certain inputs. An attacker could craft a markdown […]

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How to Configure Azure Monitor for Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Azure Monitor for Windows Server 2022

How to Set Up a Reverse Proxy with IIS ARR on Windows Server 2022 Internet Information Services (IIS) with Application Request Routing (ARR) and URL Rewrite transforms Windows Server 2022 into a powerful reverse proxy capable of forwarding requests to backend applications, performing SSL offloading, and providing load balancing across server farms. This guide covers […]

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Debian 10 — blender — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — blender — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0544 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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How to Install Maven and Gradle on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Maven and Gradle on RHEL 7

How to Install Maven and Gradle on RHEL 7 Apache Maven and Gradle are the two dominant build automation tools in the Java ecosystem. Maven, with its opinionated convention-over-configuration approach and XML-based pom.xml descriptor, has been an enterprise standard for over a decade. Gradle, a newer entrant, uses a Groovy or Kotlin DSL and provides […]

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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0524 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0524 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 January 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0524, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0524 NVD summary: ICMP information such as (1) netmask and (2) timestamp is allowed from arbitrary hosts. References: descriptions.securescout.com/tc/11010   descriptions.securescout.com/tc/11011   kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id= Table of contents […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py38-cinder — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py38-cinder — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-cinder — unauthorized data access Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3641 CVE-2022-47951 Upstream summary: Utkarsh Gupta reports: An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance before […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 printer not detected or pending forever

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 January 2023 📖 ~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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Debian 11 — dillo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — dillo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0012 CVE-2009-2294 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in the a_Interface_msg function in Dillo before 0.8.3-r4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a […]

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How to Configure Tripwire on IBM AIX 7.3 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.3 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Tripwire on IBM AIX 7.3

Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 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 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure tripwire on IBM AIX 7.3 with practical examples […]

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Debian 11 — emacs-jabber — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — emacs-jabber — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4952 Upstream summary: emacs-jabber in emacs-jabber 0.7.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.log temporary file. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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