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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-reportlab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-reportlab — 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-6196-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-33733 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — poppler — 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-7708-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-50420 CVE-2025-52886 CVE-2022-27337 CVE-2025-43903 CVE-2025-32364 CVE-2025-32365 CVE-2024-56378 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2045027  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — grunt — 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-5847-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7729 CVE-2022-0436 CVE-2022-1537 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Grunt was not properly loading YAML files before parsing them. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — ncurses — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ncurses — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-6684-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-50495 CVE-2020-19189 CVE-2019-17594 CVE-2019-17595 CVE-2021-39537 CVE-2022-29458 CVE-2023-29491 CVE-2017-16879  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that ncurses incorrectly handled certain function return values, possibly leading to segmentation […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — ruby-saml — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — ruby-saml — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7409-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-25291 CVE-2025-25292 CVE-2025-25293 CVE-2016-5697 CVE-2017-11428 CVE-2024-45409 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ruby-saml did not correctly handle XML parsing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libxpm — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libxpm — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-6408-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-43786 CVE-2023-43787 CVE-2023-43788 CVE-2023-43789 CVE-2022-44617 CVE-2022-46285 CVE-2022-4883 Upstream summary: Yair Mizrahi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain malformed XPM image files. If a user were tricked into […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — dcmtk — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — dcmtk — multiple vulnerabilities (13 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-7010-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41687 CVE-2021-41688 CVE-2021-41689 CVE-2021-41690 CVE-2022-2121 CVE-2022-43272 CVE-2024-28130 CVE-2024-34508  +5 more Upstream summary: USN-7010-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DCMTK. The update introduced a regression. This update fixes the problem. […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — erlang — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — erlang — multiple vulnerabilities (10 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-7831-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-48041 CVE-2025-48038 CVE-2025-48040 CVE-2025-48039 CVE-2025-46712 CVE-2025-4748 CVE-2025-32433 CVE-2025-30211  +2 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled resource allocation and consumption in the SFTP SSH […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — sqlite3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — sqlite3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-7679-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-6965 CVE-2025-29088 CVE-2022-35737 CVE-2020-35525 CVE-2018-8740 CVE-2019-19603 CVE-2019-19645 CVE-2020-11655  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled aggregate terms. An attacker could use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — wayland — 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-5614-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3782 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Wayland incorrectly handled reference counting certain objects. An attacker could use this issue to cause Wayland to crash, resulting in […]

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