Common Problems

Common Problems 120984

Debian 10 – dpkg was interrupted and package configuration is incomplete

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 April 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~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 — junit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 4.13.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — junit 4.13.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15250 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships junit 4.13.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-15250. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-f8-pango — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-f8-pango — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pango — integer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1194 Upstream summary: oCERT reports: Pango suffers from a multiplicative integer overflow which may lead to a potentially exploitable, heap overflow depending on the […]

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SLES 15 — sane-backends — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — sane-backends — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 April 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:3065-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12861 CVE-2020-12862 CVE-2020-12863 CVE-2020-12864 CVE-2020-12865 CVE-2020-12866 CVE-2020-12867 CVE-2017-6318 Upstream summary: A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to […]

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Arch Linux — swtpm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — swtpm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202011-21 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28407 Upstream summary: Type: privilege escalation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.5.0-2. Fixed in: 0.5.1-1. Group: AVG-1282. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — krb5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — krb5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-1593)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 April 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-1593 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28196 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 9 — postgresql-common — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — postgresql-common — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8806 CVE-2019-3466 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — cvs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — cvs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2012:0311-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0804 CVE-2017-12836 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause […]

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Common Problems 121130

Debian 10 – DKMS Module Build Fails After Kernel Update – Header Alignment

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 April 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~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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