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

Ubuntu 22.04 — elfutils — 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-7369-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-25260 CVE-2025-1365 CVE-2025-1371 CVE-2025-1372 CVE-2025-1377 Upstream summary: It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to read out of bounds. If a user or automated […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — puppet — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — puppet — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-3567-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-10689 CVE-2014-3248 CVE-2017-2295 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled permissions when unpacking certain tarballs. A local user could possibly use this issue to execute […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — exuberant-ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — exuberant-ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2371-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7204 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exuberant Ctags incorrectly handled certain minified js files. An attacker could use this issue to possibly cause Exuberant Ctags to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libmatio — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libmatio — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-6829-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1515 CVE-2019-17533 Upstream summary: It was discovered that matio incorrectly handled certain malformed files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — unzip — 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-7054-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4217 Upstream summary: It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-3491-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3209 CVE-2017-1000231 CVE-2017-1000232 Upstream summary: Leon Weber discovered that the ldns-keygen tool incorrectly set permissions on private keys. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — libphp-adodb — 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-6825-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4855 CVE-2016-7405 CVE-2021-3850 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the PDO driver in ADOdb was incorrectly handling string quotes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — swift — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — swift — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-3451-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5223 CVE-2016-0737 CVE-2016-0738 CVE-2014-7960 CVE-2015-1856 CVE-2014-3497 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenStack Swift incorrectly handled tempurls. A remote authenticated user in possession of a tempurl key […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — axis — 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-6470-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40743 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Axis incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libpng1.6 — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libpng1.6 — multiple vulnerabilities (11 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-8251-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-33416 CVE-2026-34757 CVE-2026-33636 CVE-2026-25646 CVE-2026-22695 CVE-2025-66293 CVE-2026-22801 CVE-2025-64720  +3 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when processing certain PNG files. If a […]

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