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

Ubuntu 14.04 — wget — 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-3943-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20483 CVE-2019-5953 CVE-2018-0494 CVE-2016-7098 CVE-2017-13089 CVE-2017-13090 CVE-2017-6508 CVE-2016-4971  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — tika — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — tika — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7529-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-33879 CVE-2022-30126 CVE-2022-30973 CVE-2020-1950 CVE-2020-1951 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — znc — 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-6990-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-39844 Upstream summary: Johannes Kuhn (DasBrain) discovered that znc incorrectly handled user input under certain operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — python-virtualenv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — python-virtualenv — 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-7271-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-53899 Upstream summary: USN-7271-1 fixed a vulnerability in virtualenv. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that virtualenv […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — micropython — 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-7472-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42553 CVE-2024-8946 CVE-2024-8947 Upstream summary: Junwha Hong and Wonil Jang discovered that Micropython incorrectly handled the length of a buffer in mp_vfs_umount, leading to a heap-based buffer […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-3770-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10165 CVE-2018-16435 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 service. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — python-setuptools — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — python-setuptools — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7544-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-47273 CVE-2024-6345 CVE-2022-40897 Upstream summary: It was discovered that setuptools did not properly sanitize paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files to arbitrary […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — snakeyaml — 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-7368-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18640 CVE-2022-25857 CVE-2022-38749 CVE-2022-38750 CVE-2022-38751 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SnakeYAML incorrectly handled recursive entity references. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SnakeYAML […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — fuse — 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-2617-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3202 Upstream summary: Tavis Ormandy discovered that FUSE incorrectly filtered environment variables. A local attacker could use this issue to gain administrative privileges. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — ironic — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — ironic — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-6989-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-44082 CVE-2023-2088 Upstream summary: Dan Smith, Julia Kreger and Jay Faulkner discovered that in image processing for Ironic, a specially crafted image could be used by an […]

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