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Debian 11 – dpkg Interrupted State Blocks Package Operations – Full Recovery

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 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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AlmaLinux 8 — libnetfilter_queue — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libnetfilter_queue — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2020:4556 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — webtrees — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — webtrees — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 August 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: webtrees — vulnerability Upstream summary: Webtrees reports: GEDCOM imports containing errors and HTML displayed unescaped. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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FreeBSD 13 — ap22-mod_fcgid — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ap22-mod_fcgid — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 August 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_fcgid — possible heap buffer overwrite Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4365 Upstream summary: Apache Project reports: Fix possible heap buffer overwrite. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — node_exporter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 August 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: node_exporter — bypass security with cache poisoning Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46146 Upstream summary: Prometheus team reports: Prometheus and its exporters can be secured by a web.yml file that specifies usernames and […]

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How to Tune AIX for Oracle Database Performance on IBM AIX 7.3 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.3 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Tune AIX for Oracle Database Performance 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 tune aix for oracle database performance on IBM AIX […]

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Debian 11 — p11-kit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — p11-kit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-29361 CVE-2020-29362 CVE-2020-29363 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.21.1 through 0.23.21. Multiple integer overflows have been discovered in the array allocations in the p11-kit library […]

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Debian 11 — python-psutil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — python-psutil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18874 Upstream summary: psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system […]

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Debian 11 — rp-pppoe — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — rp-pppoe — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0564 Upstream summary: Roaring Penguin pppoe (rp-ppoe), if installed or configured to run setuid root contrary to its design, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: the […]

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SLES 12 — wavpack — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — wavpack — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 August 2022 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:0186-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35738 CVE-2022-2476 CVE-2018-19840 CVE-2016-10169 CVE-2016-10170 CVE-2016-10171 CVE-2016-10172 Upstream summary: WavPack 5.3.0 has an out-of-bounds write in WavpackPackSamples in pack_utils.c because of an integer overflow in […]

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