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Ubuntu 22.04 — oath-toolkit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — oath-toolkit — 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-7059-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47191 Upstream summary: Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite root owned files, leading […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — kamailio — 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-7416-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2385 CVE-2018-14767 CVE-2020-28361 CVE-2018-16657 CVE-2020-27507 CVE-2018-8828 Upstream summary: Stelios Tsampas discovered that Kamailio did not correctly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-7536-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2113906 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2112614 CVE-2025-2312 CVE-2020-14342 CVE-2021-20208 CVE-2022-27239 CVE-2022-29869 Upstream summary: USN-7536-1 fixed vulnerabilities in cifs-utils. This update introduced a regression in certain environments. This update fixes the problem. […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-4826-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9258 CVE-2017-9259 CVE-2017-9260 CVE-2018-1000223 CVE-2018-17096 CVE-2018-17097 CVE-2018-17098 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SoundTouch incorrectly handled certain WAV files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — prometheus-alertmanager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — prometheus-alertmanager — 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-6935-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40577 Upstream summary: It was discovered that prometheus-alertmanager didn't properly sanitize input it received through an API endpoint. An attacker with permission to send requests to this […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — nano — 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-7064-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5742 Upstream summary: It was discovered that nano allowed a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If nano was killed while editing, the permissions granted […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — glib-networking — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — glib-networking — 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-4405-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13645 Upstream summary: It was discovered that glib-networking skipped hostname certificate verification if the application failed to specify the server identity. A remote attacker could use this […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — gst-plugins-bad1.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — gst-plugins-bad1.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-7558-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-50186 CVE-2024-0444 CVE-2025-3887 CVE-2023-37329 CVE-2023-40474 CVE-2023-40475 CVE-2023-40476 CVE-2023-44429  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the AV1 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made to write […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — libgsf — 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-7062-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36474 CVE-2024-42415 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libgsf incorrectly handled certain Compound Document Binary files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — tcpflow — 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-3955-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14938 CVE-2018-18409 Upstream summary: It was discovered that tcpflow incorrectly handled certain malformed network packets. A remote attacker could send these packets to a target system, causing […]

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