Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure ibm spectrum protect (tsm) client on IBM AIX […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:4516 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 14 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-3118 Upstream summary: Mason before 1.0.0 does not install the init script after the user uses Mason to configure a firewall, which causes the system to run without […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 14 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3720 CVE-2016-7051 Upstream summary: XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in XmlMapper in the Data format extension for Jackson (aka jackson-dataformat-xml) allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 14 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1193 CVE-2015-1194 Upstream summary: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pax 1:20140703 allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a (1) full pathname or (2) .. (dot […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4172 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3481 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: adwaita-qt (1.2.1), python-qt5 (5.15.0), qgnomeplatform (0.7.1), qt5 […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 14 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-39209 Upstream summary: cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. In versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.6 a polynomial time complexity […]
Introduction Deploying configure tcp wrappers on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Ensure Debian 9 […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2025:9605 Related CVEs: CVE-2011-10007 Upstream summary: File::Find::Rule is a friendlier interface to File::Find. It allows you to build rules which specify the desired files and directories. Security Fix(es): * perl-file-find-rule: File::Find::Rule Arbitrary […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 14 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5547-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31607 CVE-2022-31608 CVE-2022-31615 Upstream summary: Le Wu discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers did not properly perform input validation in some situations. A local user could use […]
