Package Management

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29888 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29888 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 24 January 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-29888, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-29888 NVD summary: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from […]

Read more
IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2006-5009 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2006-5009 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 24 January 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2006-5009, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2006-5009 NVD summary: Unspecified vulnerability in xlock in IBM AIX 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, […]

Read more
Debian 11 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21813 CVE-2022-21814 CVE-2022-28181 CVE-2022-28183 CVE-2022-28184 CVE-2022-28185 CVE-2022-28191 CVE-2022-28192  +12 more Upstream summary: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where improper handling […]

Read more
How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf […]

Read more
IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2002-1550 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2002-1550 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 23 January 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2002-1550, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2002-1550 NVD summary: dump_smutil.sh in IBM AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. References: archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q4/0002   www.securityfocus.com/bid/8802   […]

Read more
AlmaLinux 8 — liburing — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — liburing — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2020:4841 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 […]

Read more
IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2022-38391 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2022-38391 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 23 January 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2022-38391, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2022-38391 NVD summary: IBM Spectrum Control 5.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 233982. […]

Read more
FreeBSD 13 — php5-wddx — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php5-wddx — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0905 CVE-2007-0906 CVE-2007-0907 CVE-2007-0908 CVE-2007-0909 CVE-2007-0910 CVE-2007-0988 CVE-2007-1001 Upstream summary: The PHP development team reports: Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.2 and PHP […]

Read more
CHAT