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Ubuntu 16.04 — libcdio — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libcdio — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-6855-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36600 CVE-2017-18198 CVE-2017-18199 Upstream summary: Mansour Gashasbi discovered that libcdio incorrectly handled certain memory operations when parsing an ISO file, leading to a buffer overflow vulnerability. An […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — unzip — 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-7054-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4217 Upstream summary: It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — afflib — 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-6518-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8050 Upstream summary: Luis Rocha discovered that AFFLIB incorrectly handled certain input files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted AFF […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — serf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — serf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2315-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3504 Upstream summary: Ben Reser discovered that serf did not correctly handle SSL certificates with NUL bytes in the CommonName or SubjectAltNames fields. A remote attacker could […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — wget — 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-6852-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-38428 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI. A remote attacker could possibly trick a user into […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — linux-realtime-6.8 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — linux-realtime-6.8 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-8278-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-50004 CVE-2024-58096 CVE-2024-58097 CVE-2025-37926 CVE-2025-38201 CVE-2025-38591 CVE-2025-40039 CVE-2025-40082  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Linux kernel algif_aead module did not properly handle in-place cryptographic […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — vte2.91 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — vte2.91 — 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-6833-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-37535 Upstream summary: Siddharth Dushantha discovered that VTE incorrectly handled large window resize escape sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume resources, leading to […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — jinja2 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — jinja2 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-7343-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-56201 CVE-2024-56326 CVE-2025-27516 CVE-2024-34064 CVE-2020-28493 CVE-2024-22195 Upstream summary: Rafal Krupinski discovered that Jinja2 did not properly restrict the execution of code in situations where templates are used […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — alpine — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — alpine — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7360-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14929 CVE-2021-38370 CVE-2021-46853 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Alpine did not use a secure connection under certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libxfont — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libxfont — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-3500-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16611 CVE-2017-13720 CVE-2017-13722 CVE-2015-1802 CVE-2015-1803 CVE-2015-1804 CVE-2014-0209 CVE-2014-0210  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly followed symlinks when opening font files. A local unprivileged […]

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