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

Ubuntu 24.04 — libsodium — 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-7949-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-69277 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Sodium incorrectly handled the elliptic curve point validity check in certain atypical use cases. This could result in invalid points […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — rapidjson — 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-8189-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-39684 CVE-2024-38517 Upstream summary: It was discovered that RapidJSON did not properly protect against integer overflows in certain instances when parsing JSON text. A remote attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — wavpack — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — wavpack — multiple vulnerabilities (13 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-4682-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35738 CVE-2019-1010315 CVE-2019-1010317 CVE-2019-1010318 CVE-2019-1010319 CVE-2019-11498 CVE-2018-19840 CVE-2018-19841  +5 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — dnsdist — 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-8037-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-30193 CVE-2025-30187 CVE-2025-8671 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTTP/2, which is used/vendored by DNSdist, did not properly account for resources when handling client-triggered stream resets. An […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-dottie — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-dottie — 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-8041-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-26132 Upstream summary: Yuhan Gao and Peng Zhou discovered that Dottie was vulnerable to prototype pollution when altering the __proto__ magical attribute. An attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libreoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libreoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (16 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-4138-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9854 CVE-2019-9850 CVE-2019-9851 CVE-2019-9852 CVE-2019-9848 CVE-2019-9849 CVE-2018-10119 CVE-2018-10120  +8 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded scripts in document files. If a user […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — blueman — 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-4605-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15238 Upstream summary: Vaisha Bernard discovered that blueman did not properly sanitize input on the d-bus interface to blueman-mechanism. A local attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — postorius — 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-5157-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40347 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Postorius mishandled specially crafted input. An attacker could use this vulnerability that obtain sensitive information. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libarchive-zip-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libarchive-zip-perl — 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-3703-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10860 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Archive Zip module incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information. Table of […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — ruby-webrick — 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-7709-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-6442 CVE-2024-47220 Upstream summary: It was discovered that WEBrick incorrectly parsed HTTP headers. In configurations where WEBrick is placed behind an HTTP proxy, a remote attacker could […]

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