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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2002-1041 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2002-1041 — 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-2002-1041, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2002-1041 NVD summary: Unknown vulnerability in DCE (1) SMIT panels and (2) configuration commands, possibly related to relative pathnames. References: archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q3/0000   archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q3/0000 Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — nova-lxd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — nova-lxd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-3195-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5936 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1656847 Upstream summary: James Page discovered that Nova-LXD incorrectly set up virtual network devices when creating LXD instances. This could result in an unintended firewall configuration. […]

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

SLES 12 — ed — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:14005-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5357 Upstream summary: regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2002-1690 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2002-1690 — 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-2002-1690, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2002-1690 NVD summary: Unknown vulnerability in AIX before 4.0 with unknown attack vectors and unknown impact, aka "security issue," as fixed by APAR IY28225. References: archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005 […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2009-2727 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2009-2727 — 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-2009-2727, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2009-2727 NVD summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the _tt_internal_realpath function in the ToolTalk library (libtt.a) in IBM AIX 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.7 through 5.3.10, and 6.1.0 through 6.1.3, […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libxrender — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libxrender — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-5436-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7949 CVE-2016-7950 Upstream summary: Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrender incorrectly handled certain responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or […]

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