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Common Problems 112414

Windows Server 2019 — MSI install fails with error 1603 fatal error during installation — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 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 […]

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How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2016 (WINDOWS-SERVER-2016)

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Failover Clustering Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2016 provides high availability for critical services and applications by allowing multiple servers to work together as a group. If one node fails, another node automatically takes over its workloads, minimizing downtime. This guide walks you through the process of installing […]

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FreeBSD 12 — flphoto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — flphoto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dcraw — integer overflow condition Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3885 Upstream summary: ocert reports: The dcraw tool, as well as several other projects re-using its code, suffers from an integer overflow condition […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 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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Arch Linux — podofo — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — podofo — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202101-36 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9687 CVE-2019-9199 CVE-2018-5783 CVE-2018-20751 CVE-2018-19532 CVE-2018-14320 CVE-2018-12982 CVE-2018-11256  +3 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.9.6-3. Fixed in: 0.9.7-1. Group: AVG-867. Table of contents […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py35-matrix-synapse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py35-matrix-synapse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-matrix-synapse — users of single-sign-on are vulnerable to phishing Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5885 Upstream summary: Matrix developers report: [The 1.11.1] release includes a security fix impacting installations using Single Sign-On (i.e. […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p5-File-Path — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p5-File-Path — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-File-Path — rmtree allows creation of setuid files Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0448 Upstream summary: Jan Lieskovsky reports: perl-File-Path rmtree race condition (CVE-2005-0448 was assigned to address this) This vulnerability was fixed […]

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Common Problems 115500

Disk Full Under /var Causes Service Failures

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 January 2020 📖 ~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 — php4-gd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php4-gd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gd — '_gdGetColors' remote buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3546 Upstream summary: CVE reports: The _gdGetColors function in gd_gd.c in PHP 5.2.11 and 5.3.0, and the GD Graphics Library 2.x, […]

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Common Problems 113017

Windows Server 2016 — Custom MSI authoring fails ICE validation in build pipeline — Fix & Prevention

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 January 2020 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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