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FreeBSD 12 — trafficserver — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — trafficserver — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: trafficserver — resource consumption Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0256 CVE-2014-3525 CVE-2020-9494 Upstream summary: Bryan Call reports: ATS is vulnerable to certain types of HTTP/2 HEADERS frames that can cause the server to […]

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How to Install Terraform on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Terraform on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying install terraform on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites You will need a […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 — PowerShellGet install-module fails with repository policy is untrusted — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 September 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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SLES 12 — gsl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — gsl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 September 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:3527-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35357 Upstream summary: A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and […]

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How to Enable FIPS Mode on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Enable FIPS Mode on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 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 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to enable fips mode on ibm aix 7.1 on IBM […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — ELSA-2020-5620-1: postgresql:12 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ELSA-2020-5620-1: postgresql:12 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 September 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-5620-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14350 CVE-2020-14349 CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-1720 CVE-2020-25696 CVE-2020-25695 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Debian 10 — jetty9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — jetty9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 September 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10241 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 Monitor Disk Usage with df, du, lsblk and ncdu on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Disk Usage with df, du, lsblk and ncdu on RHEL 7

How to Monitor Disk Usage with df, du, lsblk and ncdu on RHEL 7 Running out of disk space is one of the most disruptive events in a production Linux environment — it can crash databases, halt web servers, and fill system logs with errors. Proactive disk usage monitoring is therefore a non-negotiable part of […]

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How to Configure Container Networking on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Container Networking on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure Container Networking 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 refresh […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p11-kit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p11-kit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p11-kit — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2020-29361 CVE-2020-29362 CVE-2020-29363 Upstream summary: The p11-glue project reports: CVE-2020-29363: Out-of-bounds write in p11_rpc_buffer_get_byte_array_value function A heap-based buffer overflow has been discovered in the […]

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