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Windows Server 2022 — VSS Writer Stuck in Failed State After SQL Maintenance Jobs — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 June 2023 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Quick Checks Deep Diagnosis Primary Fix Verification Prevention & Hardening Symptom & Impact One or more VSS writers remain failed after heavy SQL maintenance windows, causing subsequent backup jobs […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2023-29260 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2023-29260 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 3 June 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2023-29260, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2023-29260 NVD summary: IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX 1.5 is vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF). This may allow an authenticated attacker to send unauthorized requests from […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — prometheus-jmx-exporter — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — prometheus-jmx-exporter — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2022:9058 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1471 CVE-2022-25857 CVE-2017-18640 Upstream summary: Prometheus JMX Exporter is a JMX to Prometheus exporter: a collector that can be configured to scrape and expose MBeans of a JMX target. […]

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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2002-1041 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2002-1041 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 3 June 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2002-1041, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2002-1041 NVD summary: Unknown vulnerability in DCE (1) SMIT panels and (2) configuration commands, possibly related to relative pathnames. References: archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q3/0000   archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q3/0000 Table of contents […]

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Windows Server 2019 — KB5030269 — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 — KB5030269 — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5030269 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-38162 CVE-2023-38161 CVE-2023-38152 CVE-2023-38149 CVE-2023-38144 CVE-2023-38143 CVE-2023-38142 CVE-2023-38141  +5 more Affected components: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 11 — python-pyrdfa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — python-pyrdfa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 June 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4396 Upstream summary: A vulnerability was found in RDFlib pyrdfa3 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function _get_option of the file pyRdfa/__init__.py. The manipulation leads to […]

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

NetBSD 9.4 — mantis — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — 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 Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4687 CVE-2016-10033 CVE-2016-6837 CVE-2017-7615 CVE-2019-15715 CVE-2020-25781 CVE-2007-6611 CVE-2010-2574  +12 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged mantis<1.1.4 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4687 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5547-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31607 CVE-2022-31608 CVE-2022-31615 Upstream summary: Le Wu discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers did not properly perform input validation in some situations. A local user could use […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-xmldom — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-xmldom — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6102-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21366 CVE-2022-37616 CVE-2022-39353 Upstream summary: It was discovered that xmldom incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-5998)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 June 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-5998 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40217 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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