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

Ubuntu 16.04 — wpa — 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-6945-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5290 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2067613 CVE-2021-27803 CVE-2020-12695 CVE-2021-0326 CVE-2019-16275 CVE-2019-11555 CVE-2016-10743  +12 more Upstream summary: Rory McNamara discovered that wpa_supplicant could be made to load arbitrary shared objects by unprivileged […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — mumble — 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-5195-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27229 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Mumble client supported websites for public servers with arbitrary URL schemes. If a user were tricked into visiting a […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — pillow — 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-6744-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-28219 CVE-2023-44271 CVE-2023-50447 CVE-2022-24303 CVE-2022-45198 CVE-2022-22817 CVE-2021-23437 CVE-2021-34552  +12 more Upstream summary: Hugo van Kemenade discovered that Pillow was not properly performing bounds checks when processing an […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — gdb — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — gdb — multiple vulnerabilities (16 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-6842-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4285 CVE-2023-1972 CVE-2023-39128 CVE-2023-39129 CVE-2023-39130 CVE-2014-8501 CVE-2014-9939 CVE-2016-2226  +8 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain memory operations when parsing an ELF file. […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — zulucrypt — 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-8218-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-53391 Upstream summary: Aaron Rainbolt discovered that zuluCrypt used insecure PolicyKit settings in zuluPolkit. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause local privilege escalation to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — ruby1.9.1 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ruby1.9.1 — 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-3945-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8320 CVE-2019-8321 CVE-2019-8322 CVE-2019-8323 CVE-2019-8324 CVE-2019-8325 CVE-2018-16395 CVE-2018-16396  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain RubyGems. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-6534-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-37453 CVE-2023-3773 CVE-2023-39189 CVE-2023-39192 CVE-2023-39193 CVE-2023-39194 CVE-2023-39198 CVE-2023-42754  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libntlm — 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-5108-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17455 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libntlm incorrectly handled specially crafted NTML requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — bluez — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — bluez — multiple vulnerabilities (14 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-6809-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-3563 CVE-2023-27349 CVE-2023-45866 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1977968 CVE-2022-0204 CVE-2019-8922 CVE-2021-3658 CVE-2021-41229  +6 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that BlueZ could be made to dereference invalid memory. An attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — rustc-1.84 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — rustc-1.84 — 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-8168-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-33056 Upstream summary: It was discovered that tar-rs embedded in rustc incorrectly handled symlinks when unpacking a tar archive. If a user or automated system were tricked […]

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