SLES 15

SLES 15 — libpotrace0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libpotrace0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-8685 CVE-2016-8686 CVE-2013-7437 CVE-2017-12067 Upstream summary: The findnext function in decompose.c in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory […]

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How to Configure pgBouncer on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure pgBouncer on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure pgBouncer on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: zypper refresh && […]

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SLES 15 — libnma0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libnma0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6590 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in network-manager-applet (aka network-manager-gnome) in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10. A local attacker could […]

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How to Set Up SLES 15 in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SLES 15 in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up SLES 15 in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: […]

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How to Configure XFS on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure XFS on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure XFS on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: zypper refresh && […]

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How to Install Ruby on Rails on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Ruby on Rails on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Ruby on Rails on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: zypper […]

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SLES 15 — davfs2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — davfs2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4362 Upstream summary: The Sandbox Profiles implementation in Apple iOS before 8 does not properly restrict the third-party app sandbox profile, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive Apple ID […]

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SLES 15 — policycoreutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — policycoreutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:0338-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7545 CVE-2018-1063 Upstream summary: SELinux policycoreutils allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call. Table of […]

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How to Set Up an SLES 15 Template in VMware — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up an SLES 15 Template in VMware

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up an SLES 15 Template in VMware on SLES 15. SLES 15 (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 15 system is up to date: […]

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SLES 15 — jakarta-commons-fileupload — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — jakarta-commons-fileupload — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:2188-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3092 CVE-2016-1000031 Upstream summary: The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.70, 8.x before 8.0.36, 8.5.x […]

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