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Ubuntu 24.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-41244 CVE-2025-22247 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled permissions with version checking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — node-sha.js — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — node-sha.js — 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-7778-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-9288 Upstream summary: Nikita Skovoroda discovered that sha.js did not properly handle certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to manipulate the internal state of […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — libfcgi — 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-7486-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-23016 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FastCGI incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — jq — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — jq — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-8202-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-40164 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jq/+bug/2152052 CVE-2026-39956 CVE-2026-33947 CVE-2026-39979 CVE-2026-33948 CVE-2026-32316 CVE-2024-23337  +1 more Upstream summary: USN-8202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in jq. The update caused a regression for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — bouncycastle — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — bouncycastle — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8108-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-30172 CVE-2023-33201 CVE-2025-8916 CVE-2024-29857 CVE-2024-30171 CVE-2024-34447 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bouncy Castle did not sanitize user input when inserting it into an LDAP search filter. […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — 7zip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — 7zip — 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-7438-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52168 CVE-2023-52169 Upstream summary: Igor Pavlov discovered that 7-Zip had several memory-related issues. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause 7-Zip to crash, resulting in […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — node-follow-redirects — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — node-follow-redirects — 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-8217-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0155 CVE-2022-0536 CVE-2023-26159 CVE-2024-28849 Upstream summary: It was discovered that follow-redirects did not properly protect sensitive user information during redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — node-cipher-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — node-cipher-base — 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-7746-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-9287 Upstream summary: Nikita Skovoroda discovered that cipher-base did not properly manage certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to manipulate the internal state of […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7985-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24107 CVE-2022-24106 CVE-2023-32668 CVE-2024-25262 CVE-2015-5700 CVE-2018-17407 Upstream summary: Shin Ando discovered that the Xpdf toolkit embedded in TeX Live incorrectly handled memory when decoding certain data streams. […]

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