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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0017 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0017 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0017, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0017 NVD summary: FTP servers can allow an attacker to connect to arbitrary ports on machines other than the FTP client, aka FTP bounce. References: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE […]

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systemd-journald consuming excessive disk space

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 📖 ~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 LTS NetworkManager not managing interface

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 📖 ~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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FreeBSD 13 — ikiwiki — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ikiwiki — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ikiwiki — authentication bypass vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0165 CVE-2008-0169 CVE-2008-0808 CVE-2009-2944 CVE-2011-1408 CVE-2016-10026 CVE-2016-4561 CVE-2016-9645  +2 more Upstream summary: ikiwiki reports: The ikiwiki maintainers discovered further flaws similar to CVE-2016-9646 […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – dist-upgrade aborts with held broken packages

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 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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FreeBSD 13 — mod_perl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mod_perl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_perl — cross-site scripting Related CVEs: CVE-2007-1349 CVE-2009-0796 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Certain input passed to the "Apache::Status" and "Apache2::Status" modules is not properly sanitised before being returned to the […]

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Windows Server 2019 — SCCM Patch Deadline Missed Because WUA Service Is Disabled — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~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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Debian 11 — jsonpickle — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — jsonpickle — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-22083 Upstream summary: jsonpickle through 1.4.1 allows remote code execution during deserialization of a malicious payload through the decode() function. Note: It has been argued that this is […]

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

Debian 11 — yadifa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14339 Upstream summary: The DNS packet parser in YADIFA before 2.2.6 does not check for the presence of infinite pointer loops, and thus it is possible to force […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — python-ethtool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python-ethtool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:2095 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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