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Ubuntu 14.04 — requests — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — requests — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-7568-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47081 CVE-2023-32681 CVE-2018-18074 CVE-2015-2296 CVE-2014-1829 CVE-2014-1830 Upstream summary: Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests did not correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — dogtag-pki — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — dogtag-pki — 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-8158-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20179 Upstream summary: Fraser Tweedale and Geetika Kapoor discovered that Dogtag PKI could renew a certificate without proper authentication. An attacker could possibly use this to repeatedly […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — horizon — 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-4675-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-29565 Upstream summary: Pritam Singh discovered that OpenStack Horizon incorrectly validated certain parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenStack Horizon to redirect to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4432-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1889556 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309 CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15705  +2 more Upstream summary: USN-4432-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GRUB2 affecting Secure Boot environments. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions for […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — cpanminus — 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-5230-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16154 Upstream summary: It was discovered that App::cpanminus did not properly verify CHECKSUMS files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification, gaining access […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — swish-e — 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-8240-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25236 CVE-2022-25235 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Expat, vendored in Swish-e incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — python-xmltodict — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — python-xmltodict — 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-7753-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-9375 Upstream summary: Camilo Vera discovered that xmltodict parsed maliciously crafted XML input, contrary to expectations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — python-internetarchive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — python-internetarchive — 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-7989-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-58438 Upstream summary: Pengo Wray discovered that The Internet Archive Python Library incorrectly handled certain file paths when downloading files. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-raspi2-5.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-raspi2-5.3 — 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-5014-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33909 CVE-2021-3609 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1924611 CVE-2021-29154 CVE-2021-3492 CVE-2021-3493 CVE-2020-27170 CVE-2020-27171  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the virtual file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — gettext — 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-3815-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18751 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gettext incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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