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Ubuntu 14.04 — emacs24 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — emacs24 — 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-3427-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14482 Upstream summary: Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file (e.g., email messages […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — spip — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — spip — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-8150-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-28961 CVE-2022-28959 CVE-2022-28960 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SPIP did not properly sanitize certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — python-eventlet — 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-7772-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-58068 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2125423 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Eventlet incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass front-end security controls, launch targeted […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — tar — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — tar — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-6543-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-39804 CVE-2022-48303 CVE-2021-20193 CVE-2018-20482 CVE-2019-9923 CVE-2016-6321 Upstream summary: It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled extended attributes in PAX archives. An attacker could use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — freeglut — 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-7870-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-24258 CVE-2024-24259 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Freeglut incorrectly managed memory, resulting in a memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-bleach — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-bleach — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-8077-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-6816 CVE-2021-23980 CVE-2018-7753 CVE-2020-6802 CVE-2020-6817 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bleach did not properly sanitize URI attributes containing character entities. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — sdl-image1.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — sdl-image1.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4238-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-3977 CVE-2019-12216 CVE-2019-12217 CVE-2019-12218 CVE-2019-12219 CVE-2019-12220 CVE-2019-12221 CVE-2019-12222  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that SDL_image incorrectly handled certain image files. An attacker could possibly use […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — lasso — 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-4974-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-28091 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Lasso did not properly verify that all assertions in a SAML response were properly signed. An attacker could possibly use […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libetpan — 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-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 18.04 — evolution-data-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — evolution-data-server — 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-4429-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14928 CVE-2018-15587 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Evolution Data Server incorrectly handled STARTTLS when using SMTP and POP3. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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