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Ubuntu 18.04 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6824-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40633 CVE-2022-28506 CVE-2023-39742 CVE-2016-3977 CVE-2018-11490 CVE-2019-15133 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — clamav — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — clamav — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8207-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-20031 CVE-2025-20234 CVE-2025-20260 CVE-2024-20505 CVE-2024-20506 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2046581 CVE-2023-20197 CVE-2023-20032  +6 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain HTML files. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — ruby-image-processing — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — ruby-image-processing — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6675-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24720 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ImageProcessing incorrectly handled series of operations that are coming from unsanitised inputs. If a user or an automated system were […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — libndp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — libndp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6830-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5564 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libndp incorrectly handled certain malformed IPv6 router advertisement packets. A local attacker could use this issue to cause NetworkManager to […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libmodule-scandeps-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libmodule-scandeps-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7117-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-10224 CVE-2024-11003 CVE-2024-48990 CVE-2024-48991 CVE-2024-48992 Upstream summary: Qualys discovered that needrestart passed unsanitized data to a library (libmodule-scandeps-perl) which expects safe input. A local attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — openssl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — openssl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8155-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-28388 CVE-2026-28389 CVE-2026-28390 CVE-2026-28387 CVE-2025-68160 CVE-2025-69420 CVE-2026-22796 CVE-2025-69421  +12 more Upstream summary: USN-8155-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding updates for CVE-2026-28387 for openssl […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6988-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-41671 CVE-2024-41810 CVE-2022-39348 CVE-2023-46137 CVE-2022-21712 CVE-2022-21716 Upstream summary: USN-6988-1 fixed CVE-2024-41671 in Twisted. The USN incorrectly stated that previous releases were unaffected. This update provides the equivalent […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — ecdsautils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ecdsautils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6239-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24884 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ECDSA Util did not properly verify certain signature values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification. […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — vips — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — vips — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6437-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7998 CVE-2019-6976 CVE-2020-20739 CVE-2021-27847 CVE-2023-40032 Upstream summary: Ziqiang Gu discovered that VIPS could be made to dereference a NULL pointer. If a user or automated system were […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — unixodbc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — unixodbc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6715-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-1013 Upstream summary: It was discovered that unixODBC incorrectly handled certain bytes. An attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. Table […]

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