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Ubuntu 24.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — open-vm-tools — 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-7785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-41244 CVE-2025-22247 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled permissions with version checking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — aspell — 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-5023-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-xmltodict — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-xmltodict — 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-7753-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-9375 Upstream summary: Camilo Vera discovered that xmltodict parsed maliciously crafted XML input, contrary to expectations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — pacemaker — 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-3462-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7035 CVE-2016-7797 Upstream summary: Jan Pokorný and Alain Moulle discovered that Pacemaker incorrectly handled the IPC interface. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — chrony — 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-4475-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14367 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Chrony incorrectly handled certain symbolic links. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libtasn1-6 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libtasn1-6 — 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-7954-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46848 CVE-2025-13151 CVE-2024-12133 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled decoding ASN.1 content. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Libtasn1 to crash, […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — net-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — net-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7537-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2111912 CVE-2025-46836 Upstream summary: USN-7537-1 fixed a vulnerability in net-tools that caused a regression. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that net-tools […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — freeimage — 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-6586-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12211 CVE-2019-12213 CVE-2020-21427 CVE-2020-21428 CVE-2020-22524 CVE-2016-5684 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — python-tornado — 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-8198-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-31958 CVE-2026-35536 CVE-2025-67724 CVE-2025-67725 CVE-2025-67726 CVE-2023-28370 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled parsing of large multipart request bodies. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — crawl — 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-7969-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11722 Upstream summary: David Mendenhall discovered that Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup was incorrectly handling Lua bytecode embedded in an uploaded .crawlrc file. An attacker could possibly use […]

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