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Common Problems 118402

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – apt update fails with Release file not valid yet – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 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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Ubuntu 18.04 failed to fetch updates from repositories

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 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 — go-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — go-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: go — invalid headers are normalized, allowing request smuggling Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16276 Upstream summary: The Go project reports: net/http (through net/textproto) used to accept and normalize invalid HTTP/1.1 headers with […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php5-imap — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-imap — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php-imap — Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0905 CVE-2007-0906 CVE-2007-0907 CVE-2007-0908 CVE-2007-0909 CVE-2007-0910 CVE-2007-0988 CVE-2007-1001  +1 more Upstream summary: The following DoS condition in IMAP extension was fixed in PHP […]

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Arch Linux — freeradius — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — freeradius — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201707-23 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-10987 CVE-2017-10986 CVE-2017-10985 CVE-2017-10984 CVE-2017-10983 CVE-2017-10978 CVE-2017-9148 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 3.0.14-4. Fixed in: 3.0.15-1. Group: AVG-357. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_snmp+mod_accel+mod_deflate+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_snmp+mod_accel+mod_deflate+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — Prevent chunk-size integer overflow on platforms where sizeof(int) < sizeof(long) Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 Upstream summary: Apache ChangeLog reports: Integer overflow in the ap_proxy_send_fb function in proxy/proxy_util.c […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cacti — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4032 CVE-2010-1431 CVE-2013-1434 CVE-2013-1435 CVE-2013-5588 CVE-2013-5589 CVE-2014-2326 CVE-2014-2327  +12 more Upstream summary: Cacti repo reports: security #GHSA-c5j8-jxj3-hh36: Authenticated RCE via multi-line SNMP responses security […]

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Common Problems 118551

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – black screen after installing NVIDIA driver – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2019 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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FreeBSD 12 — gld — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gld — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gld — format string and buffer overflow vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1099 CVE-2005-1100 Upstream summary: Gld has been found vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows as well as multiple format string vulnerabilities. […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — python-virtualenv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — python-virtualenv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2020-1413 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18074 CVE-2018-20060 CVE-2019-11236 Upstream summary: urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect (i.e., a redirect that differs in […]

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