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Ubuntu 16.04 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (12 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-4674-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24386 CVE-2020-25275 CVE-2020-12100 CVE-2020-12673 CVE-2020-12674 CVE-2019-11500 CVE-2019-7524 CVE-2019-3814  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain imap hibernation commands. A remote authenticated attacker […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libtirpc — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libtirpc — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3759-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4429 CVE-2017-8779 CVE-2018-14622 Upstream summary: Aldy Hernandez discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. […]

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

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-aws-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 — libyaml-syck-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libyaml-syck-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-7844-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-11683 Upstream summary: It was discovered that YAML::Syck did not properly handle parsing YAML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — cyrus-sasl2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — cyrus-sasl2 — 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-5301-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24407 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Cyrus SASL SQL plugin incorrectly handled SQL input. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — golang-1.10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — golang-1.10 — 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-4758-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24553 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Go applications incorrectly handled uploaded content. If a user were tricked into visiting a malicious page, a remote attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — trafficserver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — trafficserver — 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-8050-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-50305 Upstream summary: Masakazu Kitajo discovered that Apache Traffic Server did not properly handle the Valid Host header field. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — mariadb-5.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — mariadb-5.5 — 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-3957-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2614 CVE-2019-2627 Upstream summary: USN-3957-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding fixes for CVE-2019-2614 and CVE-2019-2627 in MariaDB 5.5. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libvirt — 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-5399-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25637 CVE-2021-3631 CVE-2021-3667 CVE-2021-3975 CVE-2021-4147 CVE-2022-0897 CVE-2020-10703 CVE-2020-12430  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain locking operations. A local attacker could possibly […]

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