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Questions tagged [patch-management]

Patch Management refers to updating and patching systems, and particularly to tools and systems which automate this process for a large number of systems.

Patch Management refers to the important and never-ending task of installing software updates on systems, including the procedures involved with installing updates, defining update policies for an organization, and tools/systems to help with the patching process.

Patch Management may include patch selection methods (anything from manually reading the CVE list to automated vulnerability scans), patch deployment methods (manually installing patches, various software packages), and patch testing procedures (virtual environments, staged deployment, etc.)

Many tools (free and commercial) have evolved to help alleviate the workload. You may want to include a tag specific to the software you are using. Some examples include:

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Find out unfixed exploits count based on application version

In our enviroment we are often required to run old outdated versions of different applications, and im wondering about the security implications on that. So im hoping there is a site that basicly lists AppXX1 version V2 has X known exploits. Im off…
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Loaded Vs Unloaded Patch Panels

What is the difference between loaded and unloaded patch panels? Is it simply that loaded patch panels come with endpoint sockets and unloaded patch panels do not?
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Some Apache requests are slow, most complete instantly

I have two Dell R410 web servers (2x quad core Xeon E5520 w/ 8gb ram) running Debian 5 stable. Their patching had been neglected for a while, so recently we did a patching run to bring everything up to date - neccessitated by a new version of the…
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IE8 vs Firefox 4 with regards to central management and updating

For an organization still using XP, and that plans to continue using XP for at least another year, do you think it would be better to switch to Firefox 4 or continue to use IE8? Is Firefox configurable via GP? Patchable via WSUS or Local Update…
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Update RHEL Servers without Internet Connection

I plan to have a few servers installed with RHEL, but the servers will not have Internet connection. Is it possible to update RHEL servers without Internet connection? Can I download the updated RPM packages from RHN and install them manually on…
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Easily patch Dell firmware without OS support?

On our HP servers, HP provides an image we can put on a USB key (or CD), boot from and patch the all the firmware in the system. On our Linux Dell servers there's a convenient yum repository we can set up in a few simple steps (I use puppet) to put…
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How to download and install wannacry patch for small business windows 2011 standard

I have a small business windows 2011 standard server. The auto update is not working somehow. I want to download the patch and install manually. I have a look at this: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms17-010.aspx It didn't say…
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Patching AIX systems - patches are where? how to apply?

I'm not an AIX guru.....I've been assigned to patch my systems up to the latest patch level. First, where do I get the patches for AIX 5.1 and 5.3? Second, how are they generally installed (i.e. commands and procedures). Thanks for your help.
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Has March 2015 Patch Tuesday broken 2003 shares?

We have several Windows Server 2003 boxes, and over night, they had their automatic updates installed. This morning, users cannot access shares they were previously able to, and are prompted for credentials. When entering their credentials,…
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Site System Configuration Management -- what's there to help me?

I have just started a gig and have inherited a large collection of heterogeneous UNIX systems of the following flavors all running: hpux (11.11, 11.31), aix, mpras, sun solaris (sun 8 9 10), redhat (as3, as4, as5) , and suse (9 10 11). What would…
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What is the equivalent in FreeBSD 7.2 to yum/yast/apt-get?

I'm new to the FreeBSD release, but am very familiar with many Linux releases. I'm attempting to (1) keep my system updated, and (2) install new packages under FreeBSD 7.2. So is there an equivalent to the yum/yast/apt-get on the other Linux…
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How important is patch management?

Problem I'm trying to sell the idea of organizational patch/update management and antivirus management to my superiors. Thus far, my proposition has been met with two responses: We haven't had any issues yet (I would add that we know of) We just…
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install package from debian backports pool

I want to upgrade my dovecote installation to version 2. I discovered the package here. I also already added deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main to my sources.list. But the desired package inside the pool…
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How do I patch apache?

Ok, so I am using apache 2.2.17 on an Ubuntu (Natty Narwhal) box. I need to apply a patch (mod_proxy_connect-2.2.16.patch) which I downloaded from https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=26225&action=edit however I have never done this…
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Patch Management and System Inventory on a Windows network?

What are some good ways to have patch management and systems/hardware inventory for a Windows (Server 2003 or 2008) network? For example, at a minimum knowing the basics for all the machines out on the network such as OS version, patch level, what…
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