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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libntlm — 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-5108-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17455 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libntlm incorrectly handled specially crafted NTML requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — ruby-gon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ruby-gon — 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-4560-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25739 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Gon gem did not properly escape certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — pagure — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — pagure — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7984-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47516 CVE-2024-4982 CVE-2024-4981 CVE-2024-47515 Upstream summary: Thomas Chauchefoin discovered that Pagure incorrectly handled symbolic links in Git repositories. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — oxide-qt — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — oxide-qt — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3236-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5029 CVE-2017-5030 CVE-2017-5031 CVE-2017-5033 CVE-2017-5035 CVE-2017-5037 CVE-2017-5040 CVE-2017-5041  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — sharutils — 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-3605-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000097 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Sharutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — ruby-sinatra — 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-7664-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29970 CVE-2022-45442 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Sinatra incorrectly handled serving static files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform local file inclusion, obtaining […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-6988-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-41671 CVE-2024-41810 CVE-2022-21716 CVE-2019-12387 CVE-2019-12855 CVE-2020-10108 CVE-2020-10109 CVE-2016-1000111 Upstream summary: Ben Kallus discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when processing multiple HTTP requests. A remote attacker […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — lua-cjson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — lua-cjson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-8169-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-49844 CVE-2022-24834 CVE-2024-31449 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled certain specially crafted Lua scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — italc — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — italc — 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-4547-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15127 CVE-2018-20019 CVE-2018-20020 CVE-2018-20021 CVE-2018-20022 CVE-2018-20023 CVE-2018-20024 CVE-2018-20748  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed in the LibVNCServer vendored in iTALC […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — freeglut — 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-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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