February 2016

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

SLES 12 — empathy — 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-2011-3635 Upstream summary: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme_adium_append_message function in empathy-theme-adium.c in the Adium theme in libempathy-gtk in Empathy 3.2.1 and earlier allows […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0040 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0040 — 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-1999-0040, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0040 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges. References: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE   exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE Table […]

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SLES 12 — portus — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — portus — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — 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-2016:0435-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7576 CVE-2015-7577 CVE-2015-7578 CVE-2015-7579 CVE-2015-7580 CVE-2015-7581 CVE-2016-0752 CVE-2016-0753  +3 more Upstream summary: The http_basic_authenticate_with method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in the Basic Authentication implementation in Action Controller […]

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SLES 12 — libXrender1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libXrender1 — 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-2013:1095-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1987 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrender 0.9.7 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0023 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0023 — 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-1999-0023, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0023 NVD summary: Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function. References: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE   exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0088 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0088 — 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-1999-0088, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-1999-0088 NVD summary: IRIX and AIX automountd services (autofsd) allow remote users to execute root commands. References: www-1.ibm.com/services/brs/brspwhub.nsf/advisori   www-1.ibm.com/services/brs/brspwhub.nsf/advisori Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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