Package Management

How to Set Up a LEMP Stack on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a LEMP Stack on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up a LEMP Stack on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (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 12 system is up to date: […]

Read more
FreeBSD 13 — pcal — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — pcal — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pcal — buffer overflow vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1289 Upstream summary: Danny Lungstrom has found two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in pcal which can lead to execution of arbitrary code by making […]

Read more
How to Tune Asynchronous I/O on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Tune Asynchronous I/O on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 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 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to tune asynchronous i/o on ibm aix 7.2 on IBM […]

Read more
FreeBSD 13 — zeek — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: zeek — potential DoS vulnerability Upstream summary: Wojtulewicz of Corelight reports: A specially-crafted series of MIME headers sent via SMTP or HTTP could cause Zeek to use large amounts of […]

Read more
Debian 11 — tmate-ssh-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — tmate-ssh-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44512 CVE-2021-44513 Upstream summary: World-writable permissions on the /tmp/tmate/sessions directory in tmate-ssh-server 2.3.0 allow a local attacker to compromise the integrity of session handling, or obtain the read-write […]

Read more
Debian 11 — imlib2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — imlib2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0802 CVE-2004-1026 CVE-2006-4806 CVE-2006-4807 CVE-2006-4808 CVE-2006-4809 CVE-2008-2426 CVE-2008-5187  +12 more Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the BMP loader in imlib2 before 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary […]

Read more
How to Use zrepl for ZFS Replication on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use zrepl for ZFS Replication on FreeBSD 13

Introduction FreeBSD 13 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up use zrepl for zfs replication on freebsd 13 on FreeBSD 13 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 […]

Read more
Debian 11 — checkpw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — checkpw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0885 Upstream summary: checkpw 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a — (dash dash) in a username. Table of […]

Read more
Ubuntu 20.04 — libxml-security-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libxml-security-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5525-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40690 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache XML Security for Java incorrectly passed a configuration property when creating specific key elements. This allows an attacker to […]

Read more
Oracle Linux 8 — llvm-toolset:ol8 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — llvm-toolset:ol8 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4743)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 December 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4743 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42574 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

Read more
CHAT