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Common Problems 118496

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – /var reaches 100 percent and services fail

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 February 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdmx1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdmx1 — 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-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1992 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libdmx 1.1.2 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow […]

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How to Set Up a PPTP VPN Server on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a PPTP VPN Server on Debian 10

Introduction Debian 10 Buster is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up set up a pptp vpn server on debian 10 on Buster leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Buster freeze. Follow each step […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — perl-File-Find-Rule — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — perl-File-Find-Rule — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-9605)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 February 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-9605 Related CVEs: CVE-2011-10007 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 Set Up a VPN Server with StrongSwan IPsec on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a VPN Server with StrongSwan IPsec on RHEL 7

How to Set Up a VPN Server with StrongSwan IPsec on RHEL 7 A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows remote users and branch offices to securely connect to your corporate network over the public internet. StrongSwan is a robust, open-source IPsec-based VPN solution that supports IKEv2, the modern and recommended key-exchange protocol for road-warrior configurations. […]

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Common Problems 121114

Debian 10: kubelet not starting due to cgroup driver mismatch

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 February 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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Ubuntu 16.04 — thunderbird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — thunderbird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4421-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12398 CVE-2020-12399 CVE-2020-12405 CVE-2020-12406 CVE-2020-12410 CVE-2020-12417 CVE-2020-12418 CVE-2020-12419  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening […]

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Alpine Linux edge — gvfs — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — gvfs — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.40.2-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — gvfs 1.40.2-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12795 CVE-2019-12449 CVE-2019-12447 CVE-2019-12448 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships gvfs 1.40.2-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-12795. Table of contents Symptom […]

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