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

Ubuntu 18.04 — audacity — 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-7211-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11867 Upstream summary: Mike Salvatore discovered that Audacity incorrectly handled default permissions of temporary files created by the application. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — pcs — 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-7614-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2661 CVE-2022-2735 CVE-2018-1086 CVE-2022-1049 Upstream summary: Cedric Buissart discovered that pcs did not correctly handle certain parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — aide — 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-7697-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-54409 CVE-2025-54389 CVE-2021-45417 Upstream summary: Rajesh Pangare discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled filenames. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the detection of malicious […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libass — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libass — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-4797-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7969 CVE-2016-7970 CVE-2016-7972 CVE-2020-24994 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibASS incorrectly handled certain ASS files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gdm3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gdm3 — 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-4614-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16125 Upstream summary: Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker able to cause […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — kde4libs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — kde4libs — 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-4100-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6232 CVE-2019-14744 Upstream summary: It was discovered that KConfig and KDE libraries have a vulnerability where an attacker could hide malicious code under desktop and configuration files. […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — pcs — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — pcs — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7614-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2661 CVE-2022-2735 CVE-2018-1086 CVE-2022-1049 Upstream summary: Cedric Buissart discovered that pcs did not correctly handle certain parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — bsh — 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-2923-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2510 Upstream summary: Alvaro Muñoz and Christian Schneider discovered that BeanShell incorrectly handled deserialization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-virtualenv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-virtualenv — 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-7271-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-53899 Upstream summary: It was discovered that virtualenv incorrectly handled paths when activating virtual environments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — tinyproxy — 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-7190-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49606 CVE-2022-40468 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tinyproxy did not properly manage memory during the parsing of HTTP connection headers. An attacker could use this issue […]

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