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Ubuntu 24.04 — debian-goodies — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — debian-goodies — 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-8109-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-27635 Upstream summary: Jakub Wilk discovered that debmany in Debian Goodies incorrectly handled certain deb files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary shell […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (15 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-5325-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20044 CVE-2021-45444 CVE-2018-0502 CVE-2018-1100 CVE-2018-13259 CVE-2018-1071 CVE-2018-1083 CVE-2014-10070  +7 more Upstream summary: Sam Foxman discovered that Zsh incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — opam — 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-8256-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-41082 Upstream summary: Andrew Nesbitt discovered that opam did not properly validate file destination paths in package install files. An attacker could use this issue to bypass […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — 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-4404-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5963 CVE-2020-5967 CVE-2020-5973 Upstream summary: Thomas E. Carroll discovered that the NVIDIA Cuda grpahics driver did not properly perform access control when performing IPC. An attacker could […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — flask — 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-4378-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000656 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Flask incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table of […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — bash — 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-5380-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18276 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bash did not properly drop privileges when the binary had the setuid bit enabled. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — lrzip — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — lrzip — multiple vulnerabilities (15 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-5840-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5786 CVE-2020-25467 CVE-2021-27345 CVE-2021-27347 CVE-2022-26291 CVE-2022-28044 CVE-2017-8844 CVE-2017-8846  +7 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled pointers. If a user or an […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — lighttpd — 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-4775-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3200 CVE-2018-19052 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Lighttpd did not properly sanitized the string used in basic HTTP authentication method. A remote attacker could use this […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — simgear — 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-7965-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-0781 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SimGear could be made to bypass the sandboxing of Nasal scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libowasp-esapi-java — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libowasp-esapi-java — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-8181-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23457 CVE-2022-24891 CVE-2025-5878 Upstream summary: Jaroslav Lobačevski discovered that ESAPI incorrectly validated directory paths during path verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass directory […]

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