Troubleshooting

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2016-3053 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2016-3053 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 23 December 2016 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2016-3053, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2016-3053 NVD summary: IBM AIX contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges. References: aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lsmcode   www.securityfocus.com/bid/93605   www.securitytracker.com/id/1037030 […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2000-1123 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2000-1123 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 22 December 2016 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2000-1123, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2000-1123 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in pioout command in IBM AIX 4.3.x and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands. References: marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97569466809056&w=2   www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY12638&   […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libxfixes — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libxfixes — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 December 2016 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5437-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7944 Upstream summary: Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXfixes incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly […]

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SLES 12 — bash — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — bash — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 December 2016 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:1212-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-6271 CVE-2014-6277 CVE-2014-6278 CVE-2014-7169 CVE-2016-9401 CVE-2012-6711 CVE-2014-7186 CVE-2014-7187  +4 more Upstream summary: GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values […]

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