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Common Problems 120462

Debian 11 – APT Lock Contention Blocks Security Updates – Safe Recovery

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 10 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 📖 ~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 — enlightenment — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — enlightenment — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2022:10153-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-37706 Upstream summary: enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py36-ansible-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py36-ansible-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 October 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Ansible — Ansible user credentials disclosure in ansible-connection module Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3583 CVE-2021-3620 Upstream summary: Red Hat reports: A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information […]

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How to Configure Email with Sendmail on IBM AIX 7.3 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.3 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Email with Sendmail on IBM AIX 7.3

Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure email with sendmail on IBM AIX 7.3 with […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py-asyncssh — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py-asyncssh — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 October 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-asyncssh — Allows bypass of authentication Upstream summary: mitre.org Reports: The SSH server implementation of AsyncSSH before 1.12.1 does not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other requests […]

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Common Problems 118927

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Unmet Dependencies During Package Install

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 10 October 2022 📖 ~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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Debian 11 — commons-daemon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — commons-daemon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-2729 Upstream summary: native/unix/native/jsvc-unix.c in jsvc in the Daemon component 1.0.3 through 1.0.6 in Apache Commons, as used in Apache Tomcat 5.5.32 through 5.5.33, 6.0.30 through 6.0.32, and […]

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FreeBSD 13 — p5-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — p5-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 October 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-HTML-Parser — denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3627 Upstream summary: CVE reports: The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service […]

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Debian 11 — audiolink — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — audiolink — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4942 Upstream summary: audiolink in audiolink 0.05 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/audiolink.db.tmp and (2) /tmp/audiolink.tb.tmp temporary files. Table […]

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