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Ubuntu 22.04 — tracker-miners — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — tracker-miners — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-8019-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-1767 CVE-2026-1764 CVE-2026-1766 CVE-2026-1765 CVE-2023-5557 Upstream summary: Fatih Çelik discovered that tracker-miners incorrectly handled certain malformed MP3 files. An attacker could use this issue to cause tracker-miners […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — quassel — 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-4594-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000178 CVE-2018-1000179 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Quassel incorrectly handled Qdatastream protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000178) It […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — hivex — 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-5148-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3504 Upstream summary: It was discovered that hivex incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash or obtain sensitive information. Table […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — irssi — 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-4046-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7054 CVE-2019-13045 CVE-2019-5882 CVE-2018-7050 CVE-2018-7051 CVE-2018-7052 CVE-2018-7053 CVE-2018-5205  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain disconnections. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — gcc-11 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — gcc-11 — 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-7700-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4039 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the -fstack-protector hardening feature in GCC for AArch64 did not properly protect dynamically-sized local variables such as those created using […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — ubuntu-release-upgrader — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ubuntu-release-upgrader — 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-3623-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1174007 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ubuntu-release-upgrader did not correctly drop permissions before opening a browser to view the release notes. This update fixes the issue. […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — gpac — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gpac — 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-7320-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-5520 CVE-2024-0321 CVE-2024-0322 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the GPAC MP4Box utility incorrectly handled certain AC3 files, which could lead to an out-of-bounds read. A remote […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — glance — 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-8199-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-34881 CVE-2024-32498 CVE-2022-47951 Upstream summary: Martin Kaesberger discovered that OpenStack Glance's image processing could return the contents of arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — libcaca — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — libcaca — vulnerability — 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-7943-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0856 Upstream summary: Han Zheng discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libcaca to crash. Table of contents […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — rustc — 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-8168-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-33056 Upstream summary: USN-8168-1 fixed a vulnerability in Rust. This update provides the corresponding update to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu […]

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