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

Ubuntu 18.04 — kmod — 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-8226-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-31431 Upstream summary: USN-8226-1 added a mitigation to kmod to disable loading the algif_aead module. This update adds the same mitigation to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — phpmyadmin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — phpmyadmin — 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-4843-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9218 CVE-2016-6609 CVE-2016-6619 CVE-2016-6630 CVE-2016-9849 CVE-2016-9866 CVE-2017-18264 CVE-2017-1000014  +12 more Upstream summary: Javier Nieto and Andres Rojas discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly managed input in the form of […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — node-form-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — node-form-data — 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-7976-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-7783 Upstream summary: Ben Shonaldmann discovered that Form-data incorrectly generated boundary values for multipart form-encoded data, leading to predictable values. A remote attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — protobuf — 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-8063-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-0994 CVE-2024-7254 CVE-2025-4565 CVE-2021-22569 CVE-2021-22570 CVE-2022-1941 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Protocol Buffers incorrectly handled recursion when the Python google.protobuf.json_format.ParseDict() function is being used. An attacker […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — transfig — 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-3760-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16140 Upstream summary: It was discovered that transfig incorrectly handled certain FIG files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — freerdp — 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-4382-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11042 CVE-2020-11045 CVE-2020-11046 CVE-2020-11048 CVE-2020-11049 CVE-2020-11058 CVE-2020-11521 CVE-2020-11522  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — python-setuptools — 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-7544-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-47273 CVE-2024-6345 CVE-2022-40897 Upstream summary: It was discovered that setuptools did not properly sanitize paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files to arbitrary […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — pyasn1 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — pyasn1 — 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-8134-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-30922 CVE-2026-23490 Upstream summary: It was discovered that pyasn1 could exhaust system resources when attempting to decode a malformed certificate. An attacker could possibly use this to […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — mumble — 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-5195-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27229 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Mumble client supported websites for public servers with arbitrary URL schemes. If a user were tricked into visiting a […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libjson-xs-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libjson-xs-perl — 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-7750-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-40928 Upstream summary: It was discovered that JSON-XS incorrectly handled parsing certain JSON data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause JSON-XS to crash, resulting […]

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