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RPM database corruption prevents package transactions

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 March 2026 Affected versions: RHEL 10.0 RHEL 10.1 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Problem Summary Symptoms Diagnostics Root Cause Primary Fix Verification Prevention Rollback Automation Command Reference Escalation Related Notes Problem Summary rpm/dnf transactions fail because rpmdb is inconsistent or locked. Symptoms Messages include […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — expat — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — expat — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2025:21776 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-59375 CVE-2022-40674 CVE-2021-45960 CVE-2021-46143 CVE-2022-22822 CVE-2022-22823 CVE-2022-22824 CVE-2022-22825  +12 more Upstream summary: Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents. Security Fix(es): * expat: libexpat in Expat allows […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — libxml2 — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — libxml2 — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2026 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2025:12447 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-7425 CVE-2025-49794 CVE-2025-49796 CVE-2025-6021 CVE-2024-56171 CVE-2025-24928 CVE-2022-49043 CVE-2025-9714  +8 more Upstream summary: The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. Security Fix(es): […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — python-pysocks — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python-pysocks — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2025:23530 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-11168 CVE-2024-5642 CVE-2024-9287 CVE-2025-0938 CVE-2025-4138 CVE-2025-4330 CVE-2025-4435 CVE-2025-4516  +12 more Upstream summary: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic […]

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SLES 16 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 16

SLES 16 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2026 Affected versions: SLES 16 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:0801-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000231 CVE-2011-3581 CVE-2017-1000232 CVE-2020-19860 CVE-2020-19861 Upstream summary: A double-free vulnerability in parse.c in ldns 1.7.0 have unspecified impact and attack vectors. Table of contents Symptom […]

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CentOS Stream 10 — libcap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 10

CentOS Stream 10 — libcap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2026 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 10 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2026:12423 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-4878 Upstream summary: Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities. Security Fix(es): * libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race […]

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SLES 16 — bluez — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 16

SLES 16 — bluez — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2026 Affected versions: SLES 16 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:2837-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0204 CVE-2023-27349 CVE-2016-9804 CVE-2016-9917 CVE-2016-9918 CVE-2020-0556 CVE-2020-26558 CVE-2021-0129  +7 more Upstream summary: A heap overflow vulnerability was found in bluez in versions prior to 5.63. […]

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Fedora 42 — aw-server-rust — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Fedora 42

Fedora 42 — aw-server-rust — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Fedora 42 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Fedora update FEDORA-2026-7047e2fec5 Upstream summary: Rebuilt with openssl 0.10.79 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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Fedora 42 — nginx-mod-brotli — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Fedora 42

Fedora 42 — nginx-mod-brotli — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Fedora 42 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Fedora update FEDORA-2026-38623b4fed Related CVEs: CVE-2026-42926 CVE-2026-42945 CVE-2026-42946 CVE-2026-42934 CVE-2026-40460 CVE-2026-40701 Upstream summary: nginx-mod-vts: – Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-fancyindex: – Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-naxsi: – Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-headers-more: – Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-brotli: […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — ruby-rack — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ruby-rack — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8182-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-34785 CVE-2026-26962 CVE-2026-26961 CVE-2026-34230 CVE-2026-34830 CVE-2026-34763 CVE-2026-34827 CVE-2026-32762  +12 more Upstream summary: Andrew Lacambra discovered that Rack did not properly parse certain regular expressions. An attacker could […]

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