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Ubuntu 20.04 — rustc-1.76 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — rustc-1.76 — 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-8168-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-33056 Upstream summary: USN-8168-1 fixed a vulnerability in Rust. This update provides the corresponding update to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-gcp-5.8 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-gcp-5.8 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-5050-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26558 CVE-2021-0129 CVE-2021-28691 CVE-2021-3564 CVE-2021-3573 CVE-2021-38208 CVE-2021-23134 CVE-2021-32399  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — fetchmail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — fetchmail — 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-7838-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-61962 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the fetchmail SMTP client incorrectly handled certain status code messages. An attacker controlling a malicious server could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — c3p0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — c3p0 — 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-5293-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5427 Upstream summary: Aaron Massey discovered that c3p0 could be made to crash when parsing certain input. An attacker able to modify the application's XML configuration file […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — xterm — 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-4746-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27135 Upstream summary: Tavis Ormandy discovered that xterm incorrectly handled certain character sequences. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause xterm to crash, resulting in […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — alsa-lib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — alsa-lib — 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-8044-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-25068 Upstream summary: It was discovered that alsa-lib incorrectly handled the topology mixer control decoder. A local attacker could use a specially crafted topology file to cause […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — advancecomp — 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-3936-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9210 CVE-2018-1056 Upstream summary: It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libsdl1.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libsdl1.2 — 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-5398-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33657 CVE-2019-13616 CVE-2019-7572 CVE-2019-7573 CVE-2019-7574 CVE-2019-7575 CVE-2019-7576 CVE-2019-7577  +5 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — exiv2 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — exiv2 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-8103-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-55304 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/2144731 CVE-2026-27596 CVE-2026-25884 CVE-2020-18899 CVE-2025-54080 CVE-2026-27631 CVE-2020-18771 Upstream summary: USN-8103-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Exiv2. The update caused a regression for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — erlang — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — erlang — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-7831-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-48041 CVE-2025-48038 CVE-2025-48040 CVE-2025-48039 CVE-2014-1693 CVE-2015-2774 CVE-2016-10253 CVE-2017-1000385 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled resource allocation and consumption in the SFTP SSH module. An […]

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