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Ubuntu 14.04 — qt4-x11 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — qt4-x11 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2626-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0190 CVE-2015-0295 CVE-2015-1858 CVE-2015-1859 CVE-2015-1860 Upstream summary: Wolfgang Schenk discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain malformed GIF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2001-1061 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2001-1061 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2001-1061, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2001-1061 NVD summary: Vulnerability in lsmcode in unknown versions of AIX, possibly related to a usage error. References: archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2001-q3/0003   archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2001-q3/0003 Table of contents Symptom & […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0101 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0101 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0101, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0101 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names. References: ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtml   ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtml Table of […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0111 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0111 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0111, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0111 NVD summary: RIP v1 is susceptible to spoofing. References: www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0111   www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0111 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick […]

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SLES 12 — autofs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — autofs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:1020-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8169 Upstream summary: automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of […]

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SLES 12 — pigz — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — pigz — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:0670-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1191 Upstream summary: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pigz 2.3.1 allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a (1) full pathname or (2) […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — bzr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — bzr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3411-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1710979 Upstream summary: Adam Collard discovered that Bazaar did not properly handle host names in 'bzr+ssh://' URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a bazaar […]

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SLES 12 — cups-pk-helper — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — cups-pk-helper — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4510 Upstream summary: cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read […]

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