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SLES 15 — bcm43xx-firmware — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — bcm43xx-firmware — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 December 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10370 Upstream summary: Certain Cypress (and Broadcom) Wireless Combo chips such as CYW43455, when a 2021-01-26 Bluetooth firmware update is not present, allow a Bluetooth […]

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Docker Permission Denied on /var/run/docker.sock

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 December 2020 Affected versions: 20.04 📖 ~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 […]

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Windows Server 2019 – Hyper-V checkpoint merge stuck with AVHDX growth – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 December 2020 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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Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-3832)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 December 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-3832 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12207 CVE-2019-11135 CVE-2019-0154 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — qt5-qtbase — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — qt5-qtbase — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2019-3390)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-3390 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15518 CVE-2018-19870 CVE-2018-19873 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 High CPU from Runaway systemd Service

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2020 📖 ~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 20.04 — fossil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — fossil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6770-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2064509 Upstream summary: USN-6729-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. The update lead to the discovery of a regression in Fossil with regards to the handling of […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — libreswan — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libreswan — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-3095)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 December 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-3095 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-23009 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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SLES 15 — spice-vdagent — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — spice-vdagent — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 December 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:3268-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25653 CVE-2020-25650 CVE-2020-25651 CVE-2020-25652 CVE-2017-15108 Upstream summary: A race condition vulnerability was found in the way the spice-vdagentd daemon handled new client connections. This flaw […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 locale warnings cannot set LC_ALL

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 December 2020 📖 ~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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