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

Ubuntu 14.04 — aptdaemon — 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-2648-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1323 Upstream summary: Tavis Ormandy discovered that Aptdeamon incorrectly handled the simulate dbus method. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly expose sensitive information, or […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — configobj — 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-7040-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-26112 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ConfigObj contains regex that is susceptible to catastrophic backtracking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a regular […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libtar — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libtar — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7398-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33643 CVE-2021-33644 CVE-2021-33645 CVE-2021-33646 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libtar may perform out-of-bounds reads when processing specially crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — fontforge — 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-6856-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-25081 CVE-2024-25082 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FontForge incorrectly handled filenames. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libgcrypt11 — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libgcrypt11 — 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-4236-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13627 CVE-2018-0495 CVE-2017-7526 CVE-2017-9526 CVE-2016-6313 CVE-2015-7511 CVE-2014-3591 CVE-2015-0837  +1 more Upstream summary: USN-4236-1 fixed a vulnerability in Libgcrypt. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — twitter-bootstrap4 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — twitter-bootstrap4 — 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-7556-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6484 CVE-2024-6531 CVE-2024-6485 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bootstrap did not correctly sanitize certain input in the carousel component. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — plantuml — 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-7353-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1231 Upstream summary: Tobias S. Fink discovered that PlantUML was susceptible to cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) in instances where SVG images were rendered. An attacker could possibly […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — apr — 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-7038-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49582 Upstream summary: Thomas Stangner discovered a permission vulnerability in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to read named […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — tika — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — tika — 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-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 18.04 — libapache2-mod-perl2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libapache2-mod-perl2 — 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-3825-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2011-2767 Upstream summary: Jan Ingvoldstad discovered that mod_perl incorrectly handled configuration options to disable being used by unprivileged users, contrary to the documentation. A local attacker could […]

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