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Ubuntu 14.04 — r-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — r-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 December 2016 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4799-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-8714 Upstream summary: It was discovered that a buffer overflow in R causes memory corruption. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libxrandr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libxrandr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 November 2016 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5428-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7947 CVE-2016-7948 Upstream summary: Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrandr incorrectly handled certain responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2003-0028 — integer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2003-0028 — integer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 30 November 2016 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2003-0028, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2003-0028 NVD summary: Integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and possibly other functions, of XDR (external data representation) libraries derived from SunRPC, including libnsl, libc, glibc, […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2002-1686 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2002-1686 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 29 November 2016 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2002-1686, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2002-1686 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in lscfg of unknown versions of AIX has unknown impact. References: archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005   archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0018 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0018 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 27 November 2016 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0018, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0018 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in statd allows root privileges. References: www.securityfocus.com/bid/127   www.securityfocus.com/bid/127 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0072 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0072 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 26 November 2016 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0072, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0072 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in AIX xdat gives root access to local users. References: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE   exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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