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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2006-0667 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2006-0667 — 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-2006-0667, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2006-0667 NVD summary: lscfg in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack. References: securitytracker.com/id?1015622   www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY7762   www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY7763 […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — bsdiff — 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-4500-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9862 Upstream summary: It was discovered that bsdiff mishandled certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, an attacker could cause bsdiff to […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2001-1557 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2001-1557 — 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-2001-1557, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2001-1557 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in ftpd in IBM AIX 4.3 and 5.1 allows attackers to gain privileges. References: www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY20486&   www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY23674&   www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY20486& Table of contents […]

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SLES 12 — ruby2.1-rubygem-archive-tar-minitar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — ruby2.1-rubygem-archive-tar-minitar — 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-2021:0115-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10173 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0694 — denial of service — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0694 — denial of service — 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-1999-0694, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0694 NVD summary: Denial of service in AIX ptrace system call allows local users to crash the system. References: www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-055.shtml   www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-055.shtml Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — icedtea-web — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — icedtea-web — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2817-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5234 CVE-2015-5235 Upstream summary: It was discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly handled applet URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject applets into the […]

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