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

Ubuntu 20.04 — aspell — 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-5023-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — monit — 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-6571-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-26563 CVE-2019-11454 CVE-2019-11455 Upstream summary: Youssef Rebahi-Gilbert discovered that Monit did not properly process credentials for disabled accounts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to login […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — net-snmp — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — net-snmp — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-7944-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-68615 CVE-2022-44792 CVE-2022-44793 CVE-2022-24805 CVE-2022-24806 CVE-2022-24807 CVE-2022-24808 CVE-2022-24809  +1 more Upstream summary: Bahae Bahrini discovered that Net-SNMP could be made to write out of bounds. If a […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — kmail-account-wizard — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — kmail-account-wizard — 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-7732-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-50624 Upstream summary: It was discovered that KMail Account Wizard used HTTP rather than HTTPS when retrieving certain email server configurations. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — accountsservice — 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-6190-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3297 CVE-2018-14036 CVE-2020-16126 Upstream summary: USN-6190-1 fixed a vulnerability in AccountsService. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 […]

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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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Ubuntu 14.04 — libmwaw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libmwaw — 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-3319-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9433 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libmwaw incorrectly handled certain malformed document files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted […]

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