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Debian 11 — lightdm-gtk-greeter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — lightdm-gtk-greeter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0979 Upstream summary: The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5673-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4217 CVE-2022-0529 CVE-2022-0530 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1957077 CVE-2014-9913 CVE-2016-9844 CVE-2018-1000035 CVE-2018-18384  +9 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If […]

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How to Set Up NTLM Security on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up NTLM Security on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to NTLM Security NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a challenge-response authentication protocol used by Windows when Kerberos is not available—for example when accessing resources by IP address instead of hostname, in workgroup environments, or when connecting to legacy systems. While Kerberos is the preferred protocol, NTLM is still present in virtually all Windows environments […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — libsndfile — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — libsndfile — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2021-1713 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3246 CVE-2022-33065 CVE-2021-4156 CVE-2018-13139 CVE-2018-19662 Upstream summary: A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in libsndfile. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — jackson — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — jackson — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-2312)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 January 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2312 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36518 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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Oracle Linux 8 — ol8addon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ol8addon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-24267)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 January 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-24267 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1962 CVE-2022-2880 CVE-2022-2879 CVE-2022-28131 CVE-2022-41715 CVE-2022-30633 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9689)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 January 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9689 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2588 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 12 — mod_dav_svn-lts — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mod_dav_svn-lts — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 January 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Subversion — Multiple vulnerabilities in server code Related CVEs: CVE-2021-28544 CVE-2022-24070 Upstream summary: Subversion project reports: Subversion servers reveal 'copyfrom' paths that should be hidden according to configured path-based authorization […]

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Debian 11 — playmidi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — playmidi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0020 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in playmidi before 2.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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