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Ubuntu 20.04 — maven-shared-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — maven-shared-utils — 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-6730-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29599 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Maven Shared Utils did not handle double-quoted strings properly, allowing shell injection attacks. This could allow an attacker to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — ofono — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — ofono — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8178-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-7547 CVE-2024-7546 CVE-2024-7541 CVE-2024-7545 CVE-2024-7539 CVE-2024-7544 CVE-2024-7540 CVE-2024-7542  +7 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that oFono incorrectly handled crafted responses from AT commands. An attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — amd64-microcode — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — amd64-microcode — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7077-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-31315 CVE-2023-20569 CVE-2023-20593 CVE-2017-5715 Upstream summary: Enrique Nissim and Krzysztof Okupski discovered that some AMD processors did not properly restrict access to the System Management Mode (SMM) […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — gst-plugins-base0.10 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gst-plugins-base0.10 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3244-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9811 CVE-2017-5837 CVE-2017-5839 CVE-2017-5842 CVE-2017-5844 Upstream summary: Hanno Böck discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — openexr — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — openexr — multiple vulnerabilities (10 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-8259-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-27622 CVE-2026-34380 CVE-2026-34588 CVE-2021-20296 CVE-2021-23215 CVE-2021-26260 CVE-2021-3598 CVE-2021-3605  +2 more Upstream summary: Quang Luong discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled sample count accumulation when processing deep scan line […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — linux-oracle — 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-8267-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-27388 CVE-2024-46777 CVE-2024-46816 CVE-2024-49938 CVE-2024-50008 CVE-2024-50142 CVE-2025-21735 CVE-2025-37849  +12 more Upstream summary: Qualys discovered that several vulnerabilities existed in the AppArmor Linux kernel Security Module (LSM). An […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — gtk+2.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — gtk+2.0 — 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-6899-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6655 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GTK would attempt to load modules from the current directory, contrary to expectations. If users started GTK applications from shared […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — cyrus-imapd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — cyrus-imapd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7224-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18928 CVE-2021-33582 CVE-2024-34055 Upstream summary: It was discovered that non-authentication-related HTTP requests could be interpreted in an authentication context by a Cyrus IMAP Server when multiple requests […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — anope — 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-6761-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-30187 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Anope did not properly process credentials for suspended accounts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to normally login to […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — freeimage — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — freeimage — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-6586-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12211 CVE-2019-12213 CVE-2020-21427 CVE-2020-21428 CVE-2020-22524 CVE-2016-5684 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted […]

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