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How to Configure Hyper-V Virtual Machine Settings on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Hyper-V Virtual Machine Settings on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure Hyper-V Virtual Machine Settings on Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 provides a robust hypervisor platform capable of running dozens of virtual machines on a single physical host. Understanding how to configure virtual machine settings correctly — from CPU allocation to memory management, network adapters, and storage controllers […]

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How to Configure Software RAID on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Software RAID on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure Software RAID on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: zypper refresh […]

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FreeBSD 13 — sudosh — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — sudosh — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: sudosh — buffer overflow Upstream summary: ISS reports: sudosh2 and sudosh3 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the replay() function. By persuading a […]

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Debian 11 — php-horde-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — php-horde-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8518 Upstream summary: Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22 allows injection of arbitrary PHP code via CSV data, leading to remote code execution. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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

Debian 11 — ruby-omniauth — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9284 CVE-2017-18076 CVE-2020-36599 Upstream summary: The request phase of the OmniAuth Ruby gem (1.9.1 and earlier) is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery when used as part of the […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2742 CVE-2012-2743 CVE-2012-3818 Upstream summary: Revelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier uses only the first 32 characters of a password followed by a sequence of zeros, which reduces the entropy […]

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

Debian 11 — openpyxl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5992 Upstream summary: Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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How to Use Python Virtual Environments on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Python Virtual Environments on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying use python virtual environments on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard […]

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Debian 11 — software-properties — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — software-properties — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4407 CVE-2012-0955 CVE-2013-1061 CVE-2020-15709 Upstream summary: ppa.py in Software Properties before 0.81.13.3 does not validate the server certificate when downloading PPA GPG key fingerprints, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — dojo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — dojo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 November 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7569-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23450 CVE-2020-4051 CVE-2019-10785 CVE-2018-15494 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Dojo did not correctly handle DataGrids. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. […]

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