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Ubuntu 22.04 — ruby-nokogiri — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — ruby-nokogiri — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7659-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29181 CVE-2022-40303 CVE-2020-26247 Upstream summary: It was discovered Nokogiri did not correctly parse XML Schemas. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — freetds — 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-4173-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13508 Upstream summary: Felix Wilhelm discovered that FreeTDS incorrectly handled certain types after a protocol downgrade. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause FreeTDS to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — radare2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — radare2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7915-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-60361 CVE-2025-60360 CVE-2025-60359 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Radare2 contained several memory leaks. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service. […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — dosfstools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — dosfstools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2986-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8872 CVE-2016-4804 Upstream summary: Hanno Böck discovered that dosfstools incorrectly handled certain malformed filesystems. A local attacker could use this issue to cause dosfstools to crash, resulting […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — kconfig — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — kconfig — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-4100-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6232 CVE-2019-14744 Upstream summary: It was discovered that KConfig and KDE libraries have a vulnerability where an attacker could hide malicious code under desktop and configuration files. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — erlang — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — erlang — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7831-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-48041 CVE-2025-48038 CVE-2025-48040 CVE-2025-48039 CVE-2025-32433 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled resource allocation and consumption in the SFTP SSH module. An attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — xdelta3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — xdelta3 — 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-2901-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9765 Upstream summary: It was discovered that xdelta3 incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gdk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gdk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-7662-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-6199 CVE-2025-7345 CVE-2022-48622 CVE-2021-44648 CVE-2021-46829 CVE-2021-20240 CVE-2020-29385 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GDK-Pixbuf incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — requests — 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-7568-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47081 CVE-2023-32681 CVE-2018-18074 Upstream summary: Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests did not correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2814-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7869 CVE-2015-5950 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitized user mode inputs. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain […]

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