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Ubuntu 20.04 — libcaca — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libcaca — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7943-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0856 CVE-2021-30498 CVE-2021-30499 CVE-2021-3410 Upstream summary: Han Zheng discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libcaca to crash. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — python-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — python-reportlab — 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-4273-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17626 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain XML documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted document, […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — djoser — 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-7354-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-21543 Upstream summary: Diego Cebrián discovered that djoser did not properly handle user authentication. An attacker with valid credentials could possibly use this to bypass authentication checks, […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — open-vm-tools — 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-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 14.04 — protobuf — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — protobuf — 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-5945-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-22569 CVE-2021-22570 CVE-2022-1941 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Protocol Buffers did not properly validate field com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet in protobuf-java. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — cairo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — cairo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-8140-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35492 CVE-2017-9814 CVE-2019-6462 CVE-2019-6461 Upstream summary: Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Cairo did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libzstd — 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-4760-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-24031 CVE-2021-24032 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libzstd incorrectly handled file permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access certain files, contrary to […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — eject — 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-3246-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6964 Upstream summary: Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that dmcrypt-get-device incorrectly checked setuid and setgid return values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute code as […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — onionshare — 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-7625-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19960 CVE-2022-21689 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OnionShare could be exploited when run with the –debug argument. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — cups-filters — 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-7878-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-64503 CVE-2025-57812 CVE-2025-64524 CVE-2024-47176 CVE-2023-24805 Upstream summary: It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed TIFF image files. A remote attacker could use this issue to […]

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