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Ubuntu 14.04 — openvpn — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — openvpn — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-7340-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12166 CVE-2024-5594 CVE-2022-0547 CVE-2016-6329 CVE-2017-7479 CVE-2017-7508 CVE-2017-7520 CVE-2017-7521  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenVPN did not perform proper input validation when generating a TLS […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-follow-redirects — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-follow-redirects — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-8217-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0155 CVE-2022-0536 CVE-2023-26159 CVE-2024-28849 Upstream summary: It was discovered that follow-redirects did not properly protect sensitive user information during redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — gpsd — 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-7948-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-67268 CVE-2025-67269 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GPSd incorrectly handled processing NMEA2000 packets. An attacker could use this issue to cause GPSd to crash, resulting in […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — commons-io — 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-8191-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47554 CVE-2021-29425 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Commons IO's XmlStreamReader class could excessively consume CPU resources under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-gke-5.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-gke-5.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-4713-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28374 CVE-2020-16119 CVE-2020-16120 CVE-2020-14386 CVE-2020-12771 CVE-2019-12380 CVE-2019-16089 CVE-2019-19036  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the LIO SCSI target implementation in the Linux kernel performed insufficient […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — nova — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-8049-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-24708 CVE-2024-40767 CVE-2024-32498 CVE-2023-2088 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2020111 CVE-2022-47951 Upstream summary: Dan Smith discovered that Nova incorrectly called qemu-img without a format restriction when resizing disks. An attacker could possibly […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — munge — 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-8040-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-25506 Upstream summary: Titouan Lazard discovered that MUNGE contained an exploitable buffer overflow in munged (the MUNGE authentication daemon). A local attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — ntp — 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-4229-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12327 CVE-2018-7182 CVE-2018-7183 CVE-2018-7184 CVE-2018-7185 CVE-2016-2519 CVE-2016-7426 CVE-2016-7427  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that ntpq and ntpdc incorrectly handled some arguments. An attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — pam-python — 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-4552-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16729 Upstream summary: USN-4552-1 and USN-4552-2 fixed a vulnerability in Pam-python. The update introduced a regression which prevented PAM modules written in Python from importing python modules […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — ntp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — ntp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-5175-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15025 CVE-2019-8936 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ntpd incorrectly handled memory when CMAC keys were used. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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