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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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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2010-0961 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2010-0961 — 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-2010-0961, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2010-0961 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in qoslist in bos.net.tcp.server in IBM AIX 6.1 and VIOS 2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. References: aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/qoslist […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — emacs24 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — emacs24 — 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-3427-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14482 Upstream summary: Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file (e.g., email messages […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — lxc — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — lxc — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-3375-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10124 CVE-2017-5985 CVE-2016-8649 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501491 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501310 CVE-2015-1335 CVE-2015-1331 CVE-2015-1334 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the TIOCSTI ioctl. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2005-4271 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2005-4271 — 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-2005-4271, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2005-4271 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in the malloc debug system in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. References: secunia.com/advisories/18088   www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78227&   www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419577/100/0/thr […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-3784-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1788929 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794848 CVE-2017-6507 CVE-2014-1424 Upstream summary: As a security improvement, this update adjusts the private-files abstraction to disallow writing to thumbnailer configuration files. Additionally adjust the private-files, […]

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