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SLES 12 — dia — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — dia — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 March 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5984 CVE-2019-19451 Upstream summary: Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python plugin in Dia 0.96.1, and possibly other versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary […]

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Common Problems 121201

Debian 10 – cloud-init Datasource Timeout Delays Boot – Fast Metadata Recovery

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 March 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~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 118576

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – SSH public key authentication fails

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 March 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu 16.04.7 📖 ~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 […]

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Common Problems 117995

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – GRUB prompt appears after kernel update

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 March 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04.6 📖 ~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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libevent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libevent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:1283-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-6272 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.22, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers […]

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Common Problems 114896

RHEL 8 dnf Metadata Sync Fails With Mirror Timeout

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 March 2020 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 16.04 — ruby-loofah — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ruby-loofah — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 March 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4498-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15587 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Loofah does not properly sanitize JavaScript in sanitized output. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XSS attacks. […]

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How to Set Up S3FS FUSE Mount on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up S3FS FUSE Mount on Debian 10

Introduction How to Set Up S3FS FUSE Mount on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1623)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 March 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1623 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11703 CVE-2019-11705 CVE-2019-11708 CVE-2019-11704 CVE-2019-11706 CVE-2019-11707 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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