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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-slixmpp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-slixmpp — 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-2019:0163-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1000021 Upstream summary: slixmpp version before commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 contains an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XEP-0223 plugin (Persistent Storage of Private Data via PubSub) options […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nfsen — remote command execution Upstream summary: Peter Haag reports: A remote attacker with access to the web interface to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — bzip2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — bzip2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4038-3 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1834494 CVE-2016-3189 CVE-2019-12900 Upstream summary: USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced a regression causing bzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some files. We […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — php-imagick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — php-imagick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4586-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11037 Upstream summary: USN-4586-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP ImageMagick. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP […]

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SLES 15 — libpotrace0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libpotrace0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-8685 CVE-2016-8686 CVE-2013-7437 CVE-2017-12067 Upstream summary: The findnext function in decompose.c in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — wavpack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-1581)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1581 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19840 CVE-2019-1010315 CVE-2019-1010319 CVE-2018-19841 CVE-2019-11498 CVE-2019-1010317 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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RHEL 7 service Docker Fails to Start After Kernel Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 October 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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Windows Server 2012 R2 — DHCP scope exhaustion caused by stale reservations and delayed lease reclamation — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 October 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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Windows Server 2019 – Storage Replica log volume runs out of space during peak writes – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 October 2019 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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Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4655)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 October 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4655 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19783 CVE-2019-18928 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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