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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0745 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0745 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 4 May 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0745, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0745 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in Source Code Browser Program Database Name Server Daemon (pdnsd) for the IBM AIX C Set ++ compiler. References: www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-059.shtml   […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — kernel-livepatch-6.1.34-56.100 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — kernel-livepatch-6.1.34-56.100 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023LIVEPATCH-2023-014 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3609 CVE-2023-3776 Upstream summary: A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_u32 component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If tcf_change_indev() fails, u32_set_parms() will […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py37-spotipy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py37-spotipy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 May 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Spotipy — Path traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2023-23608 Upstream summary: Stéphane Bruckert If a malicious URI is passed to the library, the library can be tricked into performing an operation […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS TLS Certificate Chain Validation Error

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 May 2023 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Debian 11 — grpc — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — grpc — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 May 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7860 CVE-2017-7861 CVE-2017-8359 CVE-2017-9431 CVE-2023-32732 CVE-2023-33953 CVE-2023-44487 CVE-2023-4785  +1 more Upstream summary: Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to […]

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Windows Server 2022 — SQL Server log backup chain broken after full backup to different location — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 May 2023 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~2 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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Alpine Linux edge — unicorn — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — unicorn — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.0.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — unicorn 2.0.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29693 CVE-2022-29694 CVE-2022-29695 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships unicorn 2.0.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-29693. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — cryptojs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — cryptojs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6753-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-46233 Upstream summary: Thomas Neil James Shadwell discovered that CryptoJS was using an insecure cryptographic default configuration. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to expose […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — monit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — monit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6571-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-26563 CVE-2019-11454 CVE-2019-11455 Upstream summary: Youssef Rebahi-Gilbert discovered that Monit did not properly process credentials for disabled accounts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to login […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — libX11 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libX11 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2024:2973 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-43785 CVE-2023-43786 CVE-2023-43787 CVE-2023-3138 CVE-2021-31535 Upstream summary: The libX11 packages contain the core X11 protocol client library. Security Fix(es): * libX11: out-of-bounds memory access in _XkbReadKeySyms() (CVE-2023-43785) * libX11: […]

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