Common Problems

SLES 15 — perl-DBI — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — perl-DBI — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 December 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:14510-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20919 CVE-2020-14392 CVE-2020-14393 CVE-2014-10401 CVE-2014-10402 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.643 for Perl. The hv_fetch() documentation requires checking for […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — flatpak-builder — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — flatpak-builder — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2022-7458)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-7458 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21682 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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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Cron Jobs Stop Running Due to PAM or Permission Changes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2020 Affected versions: 18.04 LTS 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – unattended-upgrades causes sustained CPU usage – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 📖 ~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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Alpine Linux edge — libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.4.3-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libmaxminddb 1.4.3-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28241 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships libmaxminddb 1.4.3-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-28241. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — container-tools:4.0 — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — container-tools:4.0 — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-7202)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 December 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7202 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-29406 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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firewalld Runtime Rules Lost After Reboot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 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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Windows Server 2012 R2 — WSUS Synchronization Stalls and New Security Updates Never Appear — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 December 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — crawl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — crawl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7969-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11722 Upstream summary: David Mendenhall discovered that Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup was incorrectly handling Lua bytecode embedded in an uploaded .crawlrc file. An attacker could possibly use […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — systemd — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2020-0575)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 December 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-0575 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1712 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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