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SLES 12 — python-M2Crypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — python-M2Crypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 June 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-FU-2024:1448-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25657 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in all released versions of m2crypto, where they are vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks in the RSA decryption […]

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How to Install Composer on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Composer on RHEL 7

How to Install Composer on RHEL 7 Composer is the standard dependency manager for PHP, used by virtually every modern PHP framework and library ecosystem. It reads a composer.json file in your project to resolve and download the exact library versions your application requires, storing them in a vendor/ directory and generating an autoloader that […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2021-2168)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-2168 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3543 CVE-2021-3501 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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How to Set Up Log Rotation on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Log Rotation on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up Log Rotation 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: zypper […]

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How to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Configure Jail Networking on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_dosevasive — insecure temporary file creation Upstream summary: An LSS Security Advisory reports: When a denial of service attack is detected, mod_dosevasive will, among other things, create a temporary file […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — urban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: urban — stack overflow vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2864 Upstream summary: Several filename-related stack overflow bugs allow a local attacker to elevate its privileges to the games group, since urban is […]

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