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

Ubuntu 18.04 — devscripts — 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-3704-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-13043 Upstream summary: It was discovered that devscripts incorrectly handled certain YAML files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — cimg — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — cimg — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7437-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1325 CVE-2024-26540 CVE-2018-7587 CVE-2018-7588 CVE-2018-7589 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the CImg library did not properly check the size of images before loading them. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — ruby-rmagick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — ruby-rmagick — 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-6960-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-5349 Upstream summary: Nick Browning discovered that RMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — anope — 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-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 14.04 — xorg-server-lts-utopic — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — xorg-server-lts-utopic — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2500-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6424 CVE-2015-0255 Upstream summary: Olivier Fourdan discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled XkbSetGeometry requests resulting in an information leak. An attacker able to connect to […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — adsys — 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-7197-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-45338 Upstream summary: Guido Vranken discovered that Go Networking handled input to the Parse functions inefficiently. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-3770-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10165 CVE-2018-16435 CVE-2013-7455 Upstream summary: Ibrahim El-Sayed discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — matrix-synapse — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — matrix-synapse — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-7444-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-32683 CVE-2023-43796 CVE-2022-39374 CVE-2023-41335 CVE-2022-39335 CVE-2023-42453 CVE-2024-31208 CVE-2024-53863 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Synapse network policies could be bypassed via specially crafted URLs. An attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gross — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gross — 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-6942-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52159 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Gross incorrectly handled memory when composing log entries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Gross to crash, […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — fis-gtm — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — fis-gtm — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-7422-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44492 CVE-2021-44498 CVE-2021-44500 CVE-2021-44502 CVE-2021-44506 CVE-2021-44508 CVE-2021-44509 CVE-2021-44510 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FIS-GT.M could incorrectly dereference memory in certain instances. An attacker could possibly use […]

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