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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-slixmpp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-slixmpp — 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-2019:0163-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1000021 Upstream summary: slixmpp version before commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 contains an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XEP-0223 plugin (Persistent Storage of Private Data via PubSub) options […]

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FreeBSD 12 — nfsen — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — nfsen — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nfsen — remote command execution Upstream summary: Peter Haag reports: A remote attacker with access to the web interface to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — bzip2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — bzip2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4038-3 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1834494 CVE-2016-3189 CVE-2019-12900 Upstream summary: USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced a regression causing bzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some files. We […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — php-imagick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — php-imagick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4586-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11037 Upstream summary: USN-4586-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP ImageMagick. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP […]

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SLES 15 — libpotrace0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libpotrace0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-8685 CVE-2016-8686 CVE-2013-7437 CVE-2017-12067 Upstream summary: The findnext function in decompose.c in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — wavpack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-1581)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1581 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19840 CVE-2019-1010315 CVE-2019-1010319 CVE-2018-19841 CVE-2019-11498 CVE-2019-1010317 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Common Problems 115568

RHEL 7 service Docker Fails to Start After Kernel Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 October 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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Install Elasticsearch on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Elasticsearch on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install Elasticsearch on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper refresh && […]

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How to Configure pgBouncer on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure pgBouncer on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure pgBouncer on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 15 system is up to date: zypper refresh && […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4655)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 October 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4655 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19783 CVE-2019-18928 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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