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FreeBSD 12 — mailman-exim4-with-htdig — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mailman-exim4-with-htdig — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mailman < 2.1.38 — CSRF vulnerability of list mod or member against list admin page Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43331 CVE-2021-43332 CVE-2021-44227 Upstream summary: Mark Sapiro reports: A list moderator or list […]

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Debian 11 — bsd-mailx — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — bsd-mailx — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-2771 CVE-2014-7844 Upstream summary: The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands […]

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How to Install MariaDB on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install MariaDB on FreeBSD 13

Introduction This guide explains how to Install MariaDB on FreeBSD 13 on FreeBSD 13. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for fine-grained privilege separation. […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — kdewebdev — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kdewebdev — kommander untrusted code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0754 Upstream summary: A KDE Security Advisory reports: Kommander executes without user confirmation data files from possibly untrusted locations. As they […]

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

Debian 11 — calife — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0188 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in Calife 2.8.5 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long password. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Debian 11 — fast-cpp-csv-parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — fast-cpp-csv-parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-13421 Upstream summary: Fast C++ CSV Parser (aka fast-cpp-csv-parser) before 2018-07-06 has a heap-based buffer over-read in io::trim_chars in csv.h. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 apt lock errors during updates

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 September 2021 📖 ~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 — unrar-nonfree — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — unrar-nonfree — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0855 CVE-2007-3726 CVE-2012-6706 CVE-2017-12938 CVE-2017-12940 CVE-2017-12941 CVE-2017-12942 CVE-2017-20006  +5 more Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in RARLabs Unrar, as packaged in WinRAR and possibly other products, allows user-assisted […]

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How to Set Up Prometheus and Grafana Monitoring on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Prometheus and Grafana Monitoring on Windows Server 2016

How to Monitor Windows Server with Prometheus and Grafana on Windows Server 2016 Prometheus and Grafana form a powerful open-source monitoring stack widely used in both Linux and Windows environments. Prometheus is a time-series metrics database that scrapes exporters at regular intervals. Grafana is a visualization platform that queries Prometheus and renders dashboards. On Windows […]

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

Debian 11 — rbenv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000047 Upstream summary: rbenv (all current versions) is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in the specification of Ruby version resulting in arbitrary code execution Table of contents Symptom & […]

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