Common Problems

SLES 15 — libodbc2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libodbc2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2019:719-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7409 CVE-2018-7485 Upstream summary: In unixODBC before 2.3.5, there is a buffer overflow in the unicode_to_ansi_copy() function in DriverManager/__info.c. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Common Problems 118481

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – apt update fails with Hash Sum mismatch – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 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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SLES 12 — freeipmi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — freeipmi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory RHSA-2026:13515 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2026-33554 Upstream summary: ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.16.17 has exploitable buffer overflows on response messages. The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification defines a set […]

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Common Problems 119012

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS cron jobs stop executing on schedule

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: 14.04 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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CentOS Stream 10 — sssd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 10

CentOS Stream 10 — sssd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 10 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2025:21020 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-11561 Upstream summary: The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) service provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It also provides the […]

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Debian 13 — perl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — perl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-0703 CVE-2002-1323 CVE-2003-0615 CVE-2003-0618 CVE-2003-0900 CVE-2004-0452 CVE-2004-0976 CVE-2005-0155  +12 more Upstream summary: An interaction between the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) and Perl could produce incorrect MD5 checksums for […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — python3.12-wheel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — python3.12-wheel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2026:1939 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-24049 Upstream summary: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces […]

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Common Problems 120046

Debian 12 Time Drift Due to chrony Source Instability

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 12 📖 ~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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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2002-1686 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2002-1686 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2002-1686, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2002-1686 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in lscfg of unknown versions of AIX has unknown impact. References: archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005   archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — lhasa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — lhasa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2347 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged lhasa<0.3.1 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2347 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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