Common Problems

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c6-flac — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c6-flac — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: flac — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8962 CVE-2014-9028 Upstream summary: Erik de Castro Lopo reports: Google Security Team member, Michele Spagnuolo, recently found two potential problems in the FLAC code […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — unixODBC — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — unixODBC — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-1145 Upstream summary: The SQLDriverConnect() function in unixODBC before 2.2.14p2 have a possible buffer overflow condition when specifying a large value for SAVEFILE parameter in […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-misc/tigervnc — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-misc/tigervnc — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202407-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15691 CVE-2019-15692 CVE-2019-15694 CVE-2019-15695 CVE-2020-26117 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TigerVNC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mutt-lite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mutt-lite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mutt — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-2683 Upstream summary: Securityfocus reports: Mutt is prone to a local buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before using […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — apt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — apt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4667-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27350 CVE-2020-3810 CVE-2019-3462 CVE-2016-1252 Upstream summary: Kevin Backhouse discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain packages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause APT to […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — obs-service-source_validator — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — obs-service-source_validator — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2017:3259-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9274 Upstream summary: A shell command injection in the obs-service-source_validator before 0.7 could be used to execute code as the packager when checking RPM SPEC […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python-pip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python-pip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-7176)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 February 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7176 Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4559 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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Arch Linux — libplist — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — libplist — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201705-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6440 CVE-2017-6439 CVE-2017-6438 CVE-2017-6437 CVE-2017-6436 CVE-2017-6435 CVE-2017-5836 CVE-2017-5835  +3 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.12-6. Fixed in: 2.0.0-1. Group: AVG-215. Table of contents […]

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Root filesystem reaches 100 percent usage

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 February 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 2019 — Uneven traffic distribution across NLB nodes due to NIC offload inconsistency — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 February 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~2 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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