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SLES 12 — iscsiuio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — iscsiuio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2021:233-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13987 CVE-2020-13988 CVE-2020-17437 CVE-2020-17438 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0. An Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability exists in the uIP TCP/IP Stack component […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — firefox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-3241)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-3241 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-6514 CVE-2020-15652 CVE-2020-6463 CVE-2020-15659 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gptfdisk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gptfdisk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0256 CVE-2021-0308 Upstream summary: In LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Certain SEV Guest Configurations Might Cause Hypervisor CPU Soft-Lockup Warnings — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Certain SEV Guest Configurations Might Cause Hypervisor CPU Soft-Lockup Warnings

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 34050377 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 […]

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Common Problems 121071

Memory Pressure and Swap Thrashing

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~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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Common Problems 113091

Windows Server 2016 — Update History Appears Empty After Datastore Reset Confusing Compliance — Fix & Prevention

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2021 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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How to Configure firewalld Zones on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure firewalld Zones on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction Oracle Linux 8 ships with a stable, security-hardened base that makes deploying configure firewalld zones on oracle linux 8 both straightforward and auditable. This tutorial covers the complete procedure for how to Configure firewalld Zones on Oracle Linux 8, including dnf module streams where applicable, systemd unit management, and the firewalld rules required for […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — barrier — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — barrier — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2021:1498-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42072 CVE-2021-42073 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in Barrier before 2.4.0. The barriers component (aka the server-side implementation of Barrier) does not sufficiently verify the identify of connecting […]

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Common Problems 113067

Windows Server 2016 — Windows Update Client reports package conflict between LCU and out-of-band fix — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2021 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 — python39-Brotli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-Brotli — 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-2020:1578-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8927 Upstream summary: A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" […]

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