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Common Problems 117076

Ubuntu 22.04 unattended-upgrades Leaves dpkg in Interrupted State

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 October 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 12 — tpp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — tpp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 October 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2208 Upstream summary: tpp 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a –exec command in a TPP template file. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 12 — screen — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — screen — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 October 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0972 CVE-2006-4573 CVE-2009-1214 CVE-2009-1215 CVE-2015-6806 CVE-2017-5618 CVE-2020-9366 CVE-2021-26937  +4 more Upstream summary: Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — glib2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — glib2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3289 CVE-2018-16428 CVE-2018-16429 CVE-2019-12450 CVE-2019-13012 CVE-2020-6750 CVE-2021-27218 CVE-2021-27219  +12 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged glib2<2.20.0 for vulnerability class 'heap-based-buffer-overflow'. Reference: http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-015.html Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — xentools-hvm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — xentools-hvm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged xentools{3,30}-hvm<=3.1.0 for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/26986/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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RHEL 8 MariaDB Fails Startup After InnoDB Crash Recovery Loop

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 October 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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NetBSD 9.4 — win32-codecs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — win32-codecs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged win32-codecs<071007 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-08.xml Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — zbar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — zbar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 October 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7118-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40889 CVE-2023-40890 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ZBar did not properly handle certain QR codes. If a user or automated system using ZBar were tricked into […]

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SLES 15 — libva2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libva2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 October 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2025:1451-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-39929 Upstream summary: Uncontrolled search path in some Libva software maintained by Intel(R) before version 2.20.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation […]

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SLES 15 — shim — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — shim — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 October 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory ESSA-2025:0001 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40547 CVE-2022-28737 CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2023-40546 CVE-2023-40548 CVE-2023-40549 CVE-2023-40550 CVE-2023-40551  +4 more Upstream summary: A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Shim. The Shim boot support […]

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