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openSUSE Tumbleweed — finch — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — finch — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:1664-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-26491 CVE-2008-2927 CVE-2009-2694 CVE-2010-0013 CVE-2011-3594 CVE-2012-6152 CVE-2017-2640 CVE-2008-2955  +12 more Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in Pidgin before 2.14.9. A remote attacker who can […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — libtasn1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — libtasn1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-0343)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 January 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-0343 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46848 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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Oracle Linux 8 — emacs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — emacs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-7083)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 January 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7083 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-48339 CVE-2022-48337 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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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Red Hat advisory RHSA RHSA-2026:0079 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-31484 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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Common Problems 116889

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – apt update fails because dpkg lock is held

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 22.04.4 📖 ~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 […]

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

Debian 11 — liboggplay — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3378 CVE-2009-3388 Upstream summary: The oggplay_data_handle_theora_frame function in media/liboggplay/src/liboggplay/oggplay_data.c in liboggplay, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4, attempts to reuse an earlier frame data structure upon […]

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Common Problems 115475

RHEL 7 chronyd Not Syncing Time

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~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 & […]

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Common Problems 114621

RHEL 9 package transactions hang due to lock contention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 📖 ~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 — libgdiplus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libgdiplus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-1526 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in libgdiplus 2.6.7, as used in Mono, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted TIFF file, related to the […]

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

Debian 11 — merkaartor — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4193 Upstream summary: Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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