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Common Problems 117986

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – root filesystem remounts read-only after ext4 journal errors – Fix & Prevention

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 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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Common Problems 114994

RHEL 8 NFS Mount Timeout During Boot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 December 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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py32-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py32-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-amf — input sanitization errors Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8549 Upstream summary: oCERT reports: A specially crafted AMF payload, containing malicious references to XML external entities, can be used to trigger Denial […]

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FreeBSD 12 — lifetype — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — lifetype — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: lifetype — ADOdb "server.php" Insecure Test Script Security Issue Related CVEs: CVE-2006-0146 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A security issue has been discovered in LifeType, which can be exploited by malicious […]

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FreeBSD 12 — imwheel — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — imwheel — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: imwheel — insecure handling of PID file Upstream summary: A Computer Academic Underground advisory describes the consequences of imwheel's handling of the process ID file (PID file): imwheel exclusively uses […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — tboot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2017:3100-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16837 Upstream summary: Certain function pointers in Trusted Boot (tboot) through 1.9.6 are not validated and can cause arbitrary code execution, which allows local users […]

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SLES 15 — 389-ds — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — 389-ds — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 December 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:1207-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14624 CVE-2014-8105 CVE-2014-8112 CVE-2015-1854 CVE-2015-3230 CVE-2017-15134 CVE-2017-15135 CVE-2018-10850  +1 more Upstream summary: A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16. The […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — grep — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1345 Upstream summary: The bmexec_trans function in kwset.c in grep 2.19 through 2.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read […]

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FreeBSD 12 — procmail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — procmail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: procmail — Heap-based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16844 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: A remote attacker could use a flaw to cause formail to crash, resulting in a denial of service […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-perl/File-Find-Rule — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-perl/File-Find-Rule — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202506-10 Related CVEs: CVE-2011-10007 Upstream summary: File-Find-Rule uses the legacy '2-arg' open() call which is susceptible to shell injection via malicious filenames. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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