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Common Problems 112910

Windows Server 2016 — Startup Repair loops continuously after patching — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 June 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — xtrabackup — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — xtrabackup — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — 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-2013-6394 CVE-2014-2029 CVE-2015-1027 Upstream summary: Percona XtraBackup before 2.1.6 uses a constant string for the initialization vector (IV), which makes it easier for local users […]

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FreeBSD 12 — sl-openoffice-SI — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — sl-openoffice-SI — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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FreeBSD 12 — patch — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — patch — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: patch — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000156 CVE-2018-6951 CVE-2018-6952 Upstream summary: NVD reports: An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a […]

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Debian 9 — gnupg2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — gnupg2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12020 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libvirt — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libvirt — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4047-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10161 CVE-2019-10166 CVE-2019-10167 CVE-2019-10168 CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2019-11091  +9 more Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner and Ján Tomko discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain API calls. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — npm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — npm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3956 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the npm command-line interface mishandled certain sensitive information. An attacker could use this vulnerability to collect authentication information that could […]

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SLES 15 — autofs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — autofs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8169 Upstream summary: automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of […]

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Common Problems 115504

sudo Command Delays from Hostname Lookup Failures

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 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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Common Problems 114991

RHEL 8 XFS Filesystem Forced Read-Only After IO Error

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 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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