Common Problems

FreeBSD 12 — bind96-base — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bind96-base — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bind — denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5166 CVE-2013-3919 CVE-2014-0591 CVE-2014-8500 CVE-2014-8680 Upstream summary: ISC reports: We have today posted updated versions of 9.9.6 and 9.10.1 to address a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mysql55-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mysql55-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MySQL — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3194 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: Oracle reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Not all listed CVE's […]

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Alpine Linux edge — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 7.0.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — qpdf 7.0.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9208 CVE-2017-9209 CVE-2017-9210 CVE-2017-11624 CVE-2017-11625 CVE-2017-11626 CVE-2017-11627 CVE-2017-12595  +1 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships qpdf 7.0.0-r0 which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mariadb104-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mariadb104-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MariaDB — Nullpointer dereference Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25032 CVE-2019-1543 CVE-2019-1547 CVE-2019-15601 CVE-2019-17543 CVE-2019-2730 CVE-2019-2731 CVE-2019-2737  +12 more Upstream summary: The MariaDB project reports: MariaDB Server is vulnerable to Denial of Service. […]

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NTP Not Synchronizing Time on Ubuntu 18.04

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 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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RHEL 8 Service Fails to Start Because of Dependency Ordering

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 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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FreeBSD 12 — zh-unrar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zh-unrar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rar — password prompt buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0855 Upstream summary: iDefense reports: Remote exploitation of a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in RARLabs Unrar may allow an attacker […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 — LDAP search timeout when querying large groups via PowerShell — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 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 2016 – Failover cluster groups flap due to aggressive failback settings – Fix & Prevention (FIX-PREVENTION-2)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 15 — jakarta-commons-fileupload — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — jakarta-commons-fileupload — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:2188-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3092 CVE-2016-1000031 Upstream summary: The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.70, 8.x before 8.0.36, 8.5.x […]

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