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

Ubuntu 18.04 — mako — 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-8234-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-41205 CVE-2022-40023 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Mako incorrectly handled URIs with double-slash prefixes in TemplateLookup. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — snapcraft — 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-4661-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27348 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1901572 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Snapcraft includes the current directory when configuring LD_LIBRARY_PATH for application commands. If a user were tricked into installing a […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — jq — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — jq — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-8202-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-40164 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jq/+bug/2152052 CVE-2026-39956 CVE-2026-33947 CVE-2026-39979 CVE-2026-33948 CVE-2026-32316 CVE-2024-23337  +1 more Upstream summary: USN-8202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in jq. The update caused a regression for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — mariadb-10.1 — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — mariadb-10.1 — multiple vulnerabilities (18 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-4944-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1926926 CVE-2020-13249 CVE-2020-15180 CVE-2020-2752 CVE-2020-2760 CVE-2020-2812 CVE-2020-2814 CVE-2020-2574  +10 more Upstream summary: This update fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MariaDB. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MariaDB […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — git-lfs — 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-7977-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-53263 CVE-2025-26625 Upstream summary: Ryota K discovered that Git LFS may leak login credentials in certain instances due to failing to check for URL-encoded characters. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-3788-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5700 CVE-2018-17407 Upstream summary: Jakub Wilk discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — nss — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — nss — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-8071-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-2781 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060906 CVE-2023-4421 CVE-2023-5388 CVE-2023-6135 CVE-2022-3479 CVE-2023-0767 CVE-2022-22747  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled memory when performing certain GHASH operations. A remote […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — thunderbird — 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-4421-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12398 CVE-2020-12399 CVE-2020-12405 CVE-2020-12406 CVE-2020-12410 CVE-2020-12417 CVE-2020-12418 CVE-2020-12419  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — modsecurity-apache — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — modsecurity-apache — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7567-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-47947 CVE-2025-48866 CVE-2021-42717 CVE-2022-48279 CVE-2023-24021 Upstream summary: Simon Studer discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain JSON objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — undertow — 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-8144-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-12543 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Undertow incorrectly validated the Host header in incoming HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to gain […]

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