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Common Problems 113628

Windows Server 2012 R2 — MSU install fails with architecture mismatch on Server Core host — Fix & Prevention

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 February 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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Common Problems 113612

Windows Server 2012 R2 PerfMon Shows High Split IO per Sec on Misaligned Virtual Disks – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 February 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libofx — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2045-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14731 CVE-2017-2816 Upstream summary: ofx_proc_file in ofx_preproc.cpp in LibOFX 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) […]

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Common Problems 112615

Windows Server 2019 — Language pack install stays pending reboot after every restart cycle — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 February 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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Common Problems 112563

Windows Server 2019 — Affinity mode mismatch causes session stickiness failures for stateful applications — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 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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FreeBSD 12 — a2ps-letterdj — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — a2ps-letterdj — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: a2ps — insecure temporary file creation Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1170 CVE-2004-1377 Upstream summary: A Secunia Security Advisory reports that Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña has found temporary file creation vulnerabilities in the fixps […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mariadb55-client — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mariadb55-client — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MariaDB — Vulnerability in C API Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3152 CVE-2015-4792 CVE-2015-4802 CVE-2015-4807 CVE-2015-4815 CVE-2015-4826 CVE-2015-4830 CVE-2015-4836  +12 more Upstream summary: MariaDB reports: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with […]

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FreeBSD 12 — otrs — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — otrs — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OTRS — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0438 CVE-2010-2080 CVE-2010-4071 CVE-2011-1518 CVE-2011-2746 CVE-2012-2582 CVE-2012-4600 CVE-2012-4751  +12 more Upstream summary: OTRS reports: An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent […]

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Common Problems 119113

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS locale warnings in shell and scripts

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 22 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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