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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0101 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-1999-0101 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 16 February 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0101, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0101 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names. References: ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtml   ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtml Table of […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2023-47152 — information disclosure — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2023-47152 — information disclosure — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 16 February 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2023-47152, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2023-47152 NVD summary: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 is vulnerable to an insecure cryptographic algorithm and to information disclosure in […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-text/lesspipe — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-text/lesspipe — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202211-02 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-44542 Upstream summary: lesspipe has support for parsing Perl storable ("PST") files, Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-dns/c-ares — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-dns/c-ares — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202401-02 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3672 CVE-2021-22930 CVE-2021-22931 CVE-2021-22939 CVE-2021-22940 CVE-2022-4904 CVE-2023-31124 CVE-2023-31130  +3 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in c-ares. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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FreeBSD 12 — open-vm-tools-nox — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — open-vm-tools-nox — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 February 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: open-vm-tools — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2023-34058 CVE-2023-34059 Upstream summary: VMware reports: This update includes 2 security fixes: High CVE-2023-34058: SAML token signature bypass vulnerability High CVE-2023-34059: File descriptor hijack […]

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Debian 11 — pmix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — pmix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 February 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-41915 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — dwarves-dfsg — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — dwarves-dfsg — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 February 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6215-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-3534 CVE-2022-3606 Upstream summary: It was discovered that dwarves incorrectly handled certain memory operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause dwarves […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-aws-5.13 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-aws-5.13 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 February 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5485-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21123 CVE-2022-21125 CVE-2022-21166 CVE-2022-1158 CVE-2022-1966 CVE-2022-1972 CVE-2022-21499 CVE-2022-24958  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on multi-core […]

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