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

Ubuntu 14.04 — mc — 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-5160-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-36370 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Midnight Commander would not check server fingerprints when establishing an SFTP connection. If a remote attacker were able to intercept […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-gkeop — 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-7088-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-47212 CVE-2022-36402 CVE-2023-52531 CVE-2023-52614 CVE-2023-52918 CVE-2024-26607 CVE-2024-26640 CVE-2024-26641  +12 more Upstream summary: Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the Linux kernel contained […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — apr-util — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — apr-util — 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-5870-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25147 Upstream summary: Ronald Crane discovered that APR-util did not properly handled memory when encoding or decoding certain input data. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — privoxy — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — privoxy — multiple vulnerabilities (14 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-4886-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35502 CVE-2021-20209 CVE-2021-20210 CVE-2021-20211 CVE-2021-20212 CVE-2021-20213 CVE-2021-20214 CVE-2021-20215  +6 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled CGI requests. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-5325-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20044 CVE-2021-45444 CVE-2018-0502 CVE-2018-1100 CVE-2018-13259 Upstream summary: Sam Foxman discovered that Zsh incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to regain dropped privileges. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — backport-iwlwifi-dkms — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — backport-iwlwifi-dkms — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-5708-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-41674 CVE-2022-42719 CVE-2022-42720 CVE-2022-42721 CVE-2022-42722 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1994525 Upstream summary: Sönke Huster discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel, leading […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — kmod — 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-8226-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-31431 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2150743 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Linux kernel algif_aead module contained a logic flaw allowing a local attacker to escalate privileges to root. This […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — netkit-rsh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — netkit-rsh — 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-5327-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7282 Upstream summary: Hiroyuki Yamamori discovered that rsh incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious rsh server, […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — htmldoc — 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-7225-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0137 CVE-2022-0534 CVE-2022-24191 CVE-2022-27114 CVE-2022-28085 CVE-2022-34033 CVE-2022-34035 CVE-2024-45508  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in the image_set_mask, git_read_lzw, write_header and write_node […]

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