Package Management

Oracle Linux 8 — c-ares — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — c-ares — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-7116)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7116 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4904 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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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2009-1355 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2009-1355 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2009-1355, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2009-1355 NVD summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in muxatmd in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long filename. References: aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/muxatmd […]

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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2021-39087 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2021-39087 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 13 January 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-39087, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-39087 NVD summary: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.3.5, 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.0.4, and 6.1.1.0 through 6.1.1.1 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive […]

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RHEL 9: MariaDB Fails to Start After Package Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 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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How to Use IBM FlashSystem with AIX on IBM AIX 7.3 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.3 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use IBM FlashSystem with AIX 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 use ibm flashsystem with aix on IBM AIX 7.3 […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — mat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mat2 — directory traversal/arbitrary file read during ZIP file processing Related CVEs: CVE-2022-35410 Upstream summary: mat2 (aka metadata anonymisation toolkit) before 0.13.0 allows ../ directory traversal during the ZIP archive […]

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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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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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