Common Problems

Oracle Linux 8 — pki-core:10.6 — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — pki-core:10.6 — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2022-1851)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 May 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-1851 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4213 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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Debian 11: /var fills up due to systemd journal growth

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 📖 ~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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AlmaLinux 8 — augeas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — augeas — 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-2021:1693 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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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – Python venv pip install fails due to externally managed environment confusion

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 May 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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Debian 11 — zangband — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — zangband — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40589 Upstream summary: ZAngband zangband-data 2.7.5 is affected by an integer underflow vulnerability in src/tk/plat.c through the variable fileheader.bfOffBits. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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FreeBSD 13 — fetchmail — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — fetchmail — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fetchmail — potential crash when authenticating to SMTP server Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0792 CVE-2005-2335 CVE-2005-3088 CVE-2005-4348 CVE-2006-0321 CVE-2006-5867 CVE-2006-5974 CVE-2007-1558  +11 more Upstream summary: Matthias Andree reports: fetchmail's SMTP client, when […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-wheel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-wheel — 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-CU-2023:158-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-40898 Upstream summary: An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — gzip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — gzip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2022-1782 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1271 Upstream summary: An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name (for example, […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-ruby/dalli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-ruby/dalli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202405-03 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4064 Upstream summary: A vulnerability was found in Dalli. Affected is the function self.meta_set of the file lib/dalli/protocol/meta/request_formatter.rb of the component Meta Protocol Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. […]

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