May 2016

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2008-5384 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2008-5384 — 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-2008-5384, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2008-5384 NVD summary: crontab in bos.rte.cron in IBM AIX 6.1.0 through 6.1.2 allows local users with aix.system.config.cron authorization to gain privileges by launching an editor. References: aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/aix61_a […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0115 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0115 — 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-1999-0115, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0115 NVD summary: AIX bugfiler program allows local users to gain root access. References: www.securityfocus.com/bid/1800   www.securityfocus.com/bid/1800 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — linux-lts-utopic — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — linux-lts-utopic — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3036-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3070 CVE-2016-4482 CVE-2016-4565 CVE-2016-4569 CVE-2016-4578 CVE-2016-4580 CVE-2016-4913 CVE-2016-4997  +12 more Upstream summary: Jan Stancek discovered that the Linux kernel's memory manager did not properly handle moving pages […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0627 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0627 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0627, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0627 NVD summary: The rexd service is running, which uses weak authentication that can allow an attacker to execute commands. References: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE   exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE Table of […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — t1utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — t1utils — 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-2627-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3905 Upstream summary: Jakub Wilk discovered that t1utils incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted font, […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — eog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — eog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3069-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6855 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Eye of GNOME incorrectly handled certain invalid UTF-8 strings. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted image, a […]

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