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Ubuntu 16.04 — libcdio — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libcdio — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-6855-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36600 CVE-2017-18198 CVE-2017-18199 Upstream summary: Mansour Gashasbi discovered that libcdio incorrectly handled certain memory operations when parsing an ISO file, leading to a buffer overflow vulnerability. An […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — cmark-gfm — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — cmark-gfm — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7319-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-39209 CVE-2023-22483 CVE-2023-22484 CVE-2023-22486 CVE-2023-26485 Upstream summary: It was discovered that cmark-gfm's autolink extension did not correctly handle parsing large inputs. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — vte2.91 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — vte2.91 — 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-6833-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-37535 Upstream summary: Siddharth Dushantha discovered that VTE incorrectly handled large window resize escape sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume resources, leading to […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — exim4 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — exim4 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 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-8270-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2152202 CVE-2026-40685 CVE-2026-40687 CVE-2026-40686 CVE-2024-39929 CVE-2023-51766 CVE-2023-42117 CVE-2023-42119  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled BDAT body parsing. A remote attacker could use […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — ironic — 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-6989-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-44082 Upstream summary: Dan Smith, Julia Kreger and Jay Faulkner discovered that in image processing for Ironic, a specially crafted image could be used by an authenticated […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl — 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-6781-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-7101 Upstream summary: Le Dinh Hai discovered that Spreadsheet::ParseExcel was passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type "eval". An attacker could craft a malicious file […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libtommath — 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-6402-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-36328 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibTomMath incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libspf2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libspf2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-6584-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33912 CVE-2021-33913 CVE-2021-20314 Upstream summary: USN-6584-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for CVE-2021-33912 and CVE-2021-33913 […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — linux-aws-hwe — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — linux-aws-hwe — 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-8266-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-27388 CVE-2024-46816 CVE-2024-49938 CVE-2024-50008 CVE-2024-50142 CVE-2026-23209 CVE-2026-23268 CVE-2026-23269  +12 more Upstream summary: Qualys discovered that several vulnerabilities existed in the AppArmor Linux kernel Security Module (LSM). An […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — vim — 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-8213-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-39881 CVE-2026-35177 CVE-2026-33412 CVE-2026-34982 CVE-2026-32249 CVE-2026-26269 CVE-2026-28419 CVE-2026-28418  +12 more Upstream summary: Michał Majchrowicz discovered that Vim's zip plugin could overwrite arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly […]

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