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

Ubuntu 18.04 — mercurial — 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-5102-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17983 CVE-2019-3902 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Mercurial mishandled symlinks in subrepositories. An attacker could use this issue to write arbitrary files to the target’s filesystem. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — pdfresurrect — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — pdfresurrect — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-5282-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14267 CVE-2019-14934 CVE-2020-20740 CVE-2020-9549 CVE-2021-3508 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PDFResurrect was incorrectly handling corrupted PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — packagekit — 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-8195-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2149908 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled certain transactions. A local attacker could use this issue to install arbitrary packages as root, possibly resulting […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — golang-1.13 — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — golang-1.13 — multiple vulnerabilities (19 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-6038-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1705 CVE-2022-27664 CVE-2022-28131 CVE-2022-2879 CVE-2022-2880 CVE-2022-29526 CVE-2022-30629 CVE-2022-30630  +11 more Upstream summary: USN-6038-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Go 1.18. This update provides the corresponding updates for Go […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — sosreport — 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-5636-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2806 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SoS incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — rustc-1.82 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — rustc-1.82 — 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-8168-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-33056 Upstream summary: It was discovered that tar-rs embedded in rustc incorrectly handled symlinks when unpacking a tar archive. If a user or automated system were tricked […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — xrdp — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — xrdp — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6474-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23468 CVE-2022-23477 CVE-2022-23478 CVE-2022-23479 CVE-2022-23480 CVE-2022-23481 CVE-2022-23482 CVE-2022-23483  +5 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that xrdp incorrectly handled validation of client-supplied data, which could lead to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — slurm-llnl — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — slurm-llnl — multiple vulnerabilities (12 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-6458-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29500 CVE-2022-29501 CVE-2022-29502 CVE-2016-10030 CVE-2017-15566 CVE-2018-7033 CVE-2018-10995 CVE-2019-6438  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Slurm did not properly handle credential management, which could allow an […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — ant — 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-4874-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1945 CVE-2018-10886 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Ant created temporary files with insecure permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read sensitive information leaked […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — virtuoso-opensource — 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-6879-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-31620 CVE-2023-31622 CVE-2023-31624 CVE-2023-31626 CVE-2023-31627 CVE-2023-31629 CVE-2023-31630 CVE-2023-31631  +12 more Upstream summary: Jingzhou Fu discovered that Virtuoso Open-Source Edition incorrectly handled certain crafted SQL statements. An attacker […]

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