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

Ubuntu 20.04 — logback — 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-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 20.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-7985-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24107 CVE-2022-24106 CVE-2023-32668 CVE-2024-25262 CVE-2019-18604 CVE-2023-32700 Upstream summary: Shin Ando discovered that the Xpdf toolkit embedded in TeX Live incorrectly handled memory when decoding certain data streams. […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — texlive-bin — 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-7985-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24107 CVE-2022-24106 CVE-2023-32668 CVE-2024-25262 CVE-2015-5700 CVE-2018-17407 Upstream summary: Shin Ando discovered that the Xpdf toolkit embedded in TeX Live incorrectly handled memory when decoding certain data streams. […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — udisks2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — udisks2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7723-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-8067 CVE-2025-6019 Upstream summary: Michael Imfeld discovered that UDisks did not check the validity of input data correctly when handling files for loop devices. An attacker could […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — aom — 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-7397-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5171 Upstream summary: Xiantong Hou discovered that AOM did not properly handle certain malformed media files. If an application using AOM opened a specially crafted file, a […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — spamassassin — 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-4899-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1946 Upstream summary: Damian Lukowski discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially- crafted CF […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libetpan — 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-7740-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4121 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibEtPan incorrectly handled memory when parsing IMAP STATUS responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibEtPan […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — graphite-web — 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-6243-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18638 CVE-2022-4728 CVE-2022-4729 CVE-2022-4730 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — python-ldap — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — python-ldap — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7828-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-61912 CVE-2025-61911 CVE-2021-46823 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Python LDAP incorrectly handled special characters in the special character filtering function. A remote attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — gst-plugins-bad1.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gst-plugins-bad1.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-8205-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40474 CVE-2023-40475 CVE-2025-3887 CVE-2023-37329 CVE-2023-40476 CVE-2023-44446 Upstream summary: It was discovered that multiple plugins in GStreamer contained arithmetic overflows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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