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

Ubuntu 22.04 — plantuml — 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-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 22.04 — gnuplot — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — gnuplot — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-7773-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-31178 CVE-2025-31176 CVE-2025-31181 CVE-2025-31179 CVE-2025-31180 CVE-2025-31177 CVE-2025-3359 Upstream summary: ChenYiFan Liu discovered that Gnuplot did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — python-pip — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — python-pip — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-5821-4 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2009130 CVE-2022-40898 CVE-2021-3572 Upstream summary: USN-5821-3 fixed a vulnerability in pip. The update introduced a minor regression in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — screen — 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-4747-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-26937 Upstream summary: Felix Weinmann discovered that GNU Screen incorrectly handled certain character sequences. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GNU Screen to crash, […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — golang-golang-x-net-dev — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — golang-golang-x-net-dev — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-8089-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-22872 CVE-2021-33194 CVE-2025-58190 CVE-2022-41723 CVE-2022-27664 CVE-2025-47911 CVE-2023-3978 CVE-2024-45338 Upstream summary: USN-8089-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Go Networking. This update provides the corresponding update to code vendored in golang-golang-x-net-dev. […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — network-manager-applet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — network-manager-applet — 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-3217-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1668321 Upstream summary: Frederic Bardy and Quentin Biguenet discovered that network-manager-applet incorrectly checked permissions when connecting to certain wireless networks. A local attacker could use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — logback — 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-7616-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-6378 CVE-2021-42550 Upstream summary: It was discovered that logback could read malicious configuration files from LDAP servers. An attacker with the required permissions could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — libyaml-libyaml-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — libyaml-libyaml-perl — 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-7632-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-40908 Upstream summary: It was discovered that YAML-LibYAML incorrectly handled certain file names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — raptor2 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — raptor2 — 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-7869-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25713 CVE-2024-57822 CVE-2024-57823 CVE-2017-18926 Upstream summary: Hanno Böck discovered that Raptor incorrectly handled memory operations when processing certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — ruby-carrierwave — 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-7497-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21305 CVE-2023-49090 Upstream summary: Rikita Ishikawa discovered that CarrierWave did not correctly sanitize certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This […]

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