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

Ubuntu 22.04 — libtpms — 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-7617-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-49133 CVE-2023-1017 CVE-2023-1018 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2009608 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libtpms did not properly manage memory when performing crafted cryptographic operations. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — dosfstools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — dosfstools — 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-2986-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8872 CVE-2016-4804 Upstream summary: Hanno Böck discovered that dosfstools incorrectly handled certain malformed filesystems. A local attacker could use this issue to cause dosfstools to crash, resulting […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — adsys — 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-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 18.04 — lucene-solr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — lucene-solr — 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-7283-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-0193 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Apache Solr DataImportHandler module incorrectly handled certain request parameters in a default configuration. A remote attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — rar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — rar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7349-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-30333 CVE-2023-40477 Upstream summary: It was discovered that RAR incorrectly handled certain paths. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted RAR […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — mame — 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-7913-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-34300 CVE-2018-16981 CVE-2021-46143 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the stb library, included in MAME, had a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — ledgersmb — 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-7647-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3693 CVE-2021-3731 CVE-2024-23831 CVE-2021-3882 CVE-2021-3694 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LedgerSMB did not check the origin of HTML fragments. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — abseil — 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-7505-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-0838 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Abseil incorrectly handled memory with the upper bound of the size argument. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — open-vm-tools — 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-7785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-41244 CVE-2025-22247 CVE-2023-34058 CVE-2023-34059 CVE-2023-20900 CVE-2023-20867 CVE-2022-31676 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled permissions with version checking. An attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — uw-imap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — uw-imap — 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-4160-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19518 Upstream summary: It was discovered that UW IMAP incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands. Table of […]

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