Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 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 7.1 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: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.3-r1 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Alpine secdb entry — re2c 1.3-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11958 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships re2c 1.3-r1 which addresses CVE-2020-11958. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 19 May 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10595 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 19 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5004-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11287 CVE-2021-22116 Upstream summary: It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:3189-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25697 Upstream summary: A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server due to a lack of authentication for X11 clients. This flaw allows an […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 19 May 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2021:127-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20305 CVE-2021-3580 CVE-2015-8803 CVE-2015-8804 CVE-2015-8805 CVE-2016-6489 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in Nettle in versions before 3.7.2, where several Nettle signature verification functions (GOST […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11105 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. It employs caching of std::shared_ptr values, using the raw pointer address as a unique identifier. This […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 19 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-5619-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10130 CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25695 CVE-2019-10208 CVE-2020-1720 CVE-2020-14350 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]
How to Profile Application Performance with perf on RHEL 7 Performance bottlenecks in production applications are notoriously difficult to diagnose using traditional monitoring tools alone. CPU usage metrics tell you that a system is busy but rarely tell you where the work is happening inside your application. The perf subsystem, built directly into the Linux […]
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0802-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8174 CVE-2021-22930 CVE-2021-22940 CVE-2021-37701 CVE-2021-37713 CVE-2021-39135 CVE-2020-11080 CVE-2020-7774 +12 more Upstream summary: napi_get_value_string_*() allows various kinds of memory corruption in node < 10.21.0, 12.18.0, and […]
