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Ubuntu 14.04 — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5464-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1304 CVE-2019-5188 CVE-2019-5094 CVE-2015-0247 CVE-2015-1572 Upstream summary: Nils Bars discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain file systems. A local attacker could use this issue with a crafted […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — aide — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — aide — 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-7697-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-54409 CVE-2025-54389 CVE-2021-45417 Upstream summary: Rajesh Pangare discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled filenames. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the detection of malicious […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — gstreamer1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — gstreamer1.0 — 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-7174-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47606 Upstream summary: Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer incorrectly handled allocating memory for certain buffers. An attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer to crash, resulting […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — tmpreaper — 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-4077-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3461 Upstream summary: It was discovered that tmpreaper incorrectly handled certain mount operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files, leading to […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — gobgp — 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-7661-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-43970 CVE-2023-46565 CVE-2025-43973 CVE-2025-43971 CVE-2025-43972 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GoBGP did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances, which could lead to a buffer overflow. […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — modsecurity-apache — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — modsecurity-apache — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7567-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-47947 CVE-2025-48866 CVE-2021-42717 CVE-2022-48279 CVE-2023-24021 Upstream summary: Simon Studer discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain JSON objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — policykit-desktop-privileges — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — policykit-desktop-privileges — 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-4037-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1832337 Upstream summary: The policykit-desktop-privileges Startup Disk Creator policy allowed administrative users to overwrite disks. As a security improvement, this operation now requires authentication. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon — 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-7063-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6388 Upstream summary: Marco Trevisan discovered that the Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon leaked the Pro token to unprivileged users by passing the token as an argument in […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libseccomp — 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-4001-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9893 Upstream summary: Jann Horn discovered that libseccomp did not correctly generate 64-bit syscall argument comparisons with arithmetic operators (LT, GT, LE, GE). An attacker could use […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — chrony — 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-4475-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14367 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Chrony incorrectly handled certain symbolic links. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or […]

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