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

Ubuntu 18.04 — graphicsmagick — 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-5974-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20184 CVE-2018-20189 CVE-2018-5685 CVE-2018-9018 CVE-2019-11006 CVE-2020-12672 CVE-2022-1270 CVE-2019-12921  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that GraphicsMagick was not properly performing bounds checks when processing TGA image […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — pyxdg — 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-4700-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12761 Upstream summary: Alexandre D'Hondt discovered that PyXDG did not properly sanitize input. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted .menu file to execute arbitrary code. […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — python-tornado — 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-8198-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-31958 CVE-2026-35536 CVE-2025-67724 CVE-2025-67725 CVE-2025-67726 CVE-2025-47287 CVE-2023-28370 CVE-2024-52804 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled parsing of large multipart request bodies. An attacker could possibly […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — influxdb — 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-5451-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20933 Upstream summary: Ilya Averyanov discovered that an InfluxDB vulnerability allowed attackers to bypass authentication and gain access to any known database user. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~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 — gnutls26 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gnutls26 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3318-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7507 CVE-2017-7869 CVE-2016-8610 CVE-2016-7444 CVE-2017-5334 CVE-2017-5335 CVE-2017-5336 CVE-2017-5337  +7 more Upstream summary: Hubert Kario discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled decoding a status response TLS extension. A remote […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libcgroup — 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-4845-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14348 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libcgroup incorrectly handled log file permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. Table of contents […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — lame — 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-4780-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9099 CVE-2015-9100 CVE-2015-9101 CVE-2017-13712 CVE-2017-15018 CVE-2017-11720 CVE-2017-9411 CVE-2017-8419  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that LAME incorrectly handled certain audio files. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — wlc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — wlc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7981-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-22251 CVE-2026-22250 Upstream summary: It was discovered that wlc did not correctly handle SSL verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive resources. (CVE-2026-22250) […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — keystone — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — keystone — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-4480-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12689 CVE-2020-12690 CVE-2020-12691 CVE-2020-12692 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenStack Keystone incorrectly handled EC2 credentials. An authenticated attacker with a limited scope could possibly create EC2 […]

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