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SLES 15 — rpcbind — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — rpcbind — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:1306-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8779 CVE-2015-7236 Upstream summary: rpcbind through 0.2.4, LIBTIRPC through 1.0.1 and 1.0.2-rc through 1.0.2-rc3, and NTIRPC through 1.4.3 do not consider the maximum RPC data […]

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SLES 15 — collectd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — collectd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:2187-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6254 CVE-2017-7401 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in collectd before 5.4.3 and 5.x before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — plexus-archiver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — plexus-archiver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2018-1043 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1002200 Upstream summary: A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in plexus-archiver when extracting a carefully crafted zip file which holds path traversal file names. A remote […]

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How to Configure ksh93 Advanced Scripting on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure ksh93 Advanced Scripting on IBM AIX 7.1

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 ksh93 advanced scripting on ibm aix 7.1 on […]

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Arch Linux — tcpdump — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — tcpdump — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201709-5 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13725 CVE-2017-13690 CVE-2017-13689 CVE-2017-13688 CVE-2017-13687 CVE-2017-13055 CVE-2017-13054 CVE-2017-13053  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 4.9.1-1. Fixed in: 4.9.2-1. Group: AVG-361. Table of contents […]

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FreeBSD 12 — taglib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — taglib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: taglib — heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted audio file Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11439 Upstream summary: Webin security lab – dbapp security Ltd reports: The TagLib::Ogg::FLAC::File::scan function in oggflacfile.cpp in TagLib […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ktorrent — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ktorrent — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ktorrent — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-1384 CVE-2007-1385 Upstream summary: Two problems have been found in KTorrent: KTorrent does not properly sanitize file names to filter out ".." components, so […]

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FreeBSD 12 — kpopup — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kpopup — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kpopup — local root exploit and local denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2003-1167 CVE-2003-1170 Upstream summary: Mitre CVE reports: Format string vulnerability in main.cpp in kpopup 0.9.1-0.9.5pre2 allows local users […]

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FreeBSD 12 — remind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — remind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: remind — buffer overflow with malicious reminder file input Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5957 Upstream summary: Dianne Skoll reports: BUG FIX: Fix a buffer overflow found by Alexander Keller. The bug can […]

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