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Ubuntu 18.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — 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-4404-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5963 CVE-2020-5967 CVE-2020-5973 Upstream summary: Thomas E. Carroll discovered that the NVIDIA Cuda grpahics driver did not properly perform access control when performing IPC. An attacker could […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — exempi — 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-5483-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12648 CVE-2021-36045 CVE-2021-36046 CVE-2021-36047 CVE-2021-36048 CVE-2021-36050 CVE-2021-36051 CVE-2021-36052  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user or automated […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — npm — 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-4785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3956 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the npm command-line interface mishandled certain sensitive information. An attacker could use this vulnerability to collect authentication information that could […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — kmod — 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-8226-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-31431 Upstream summary: USN-8226-1 added a mitigation to kmod to disable loading the algif_aead module. This update adds the same mitigation to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — systemd — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — systemd — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-8119-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-29111 CVE-2022-3821 CVE-2022-4415 CVE-2022-45873 CVE-2019-3842 CVE-2017-15908 CVE-2018-1049 Upstream summary: USN-8119-1 fixed vulnerabilities in systemd. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — db5.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — db5.3 — 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-4004-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8457 CVE-2017-10140 Upstream summary: USN-4004-1 fixed a vulnerability in Berkeley DB. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — rapidjson — 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-8189-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-39684 CVE-2024-38517 Upstream summary: It was discovered that RapidJSON did not properly protect against integer overflows in certain instances when parsing JSON text. A remote attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — python-apt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — python-apt — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7916-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-6966 CVE-2020-27351 CVE-2019-15795 CVE-2019-15796 Upstream summary: Julian Andres Klode discovered that python-apt incorrectly handled deb822 configuration files. An attacker could use this issue to cause python-apt to […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — alsa-lib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — alsa-lib — 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-8044-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-25068 Upstream summary: It was discovered that alsa-lib incorrectly handled the topology mixer control decoder. A local attacker could use a specially crafted topology file to cause […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — golang-go.crypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — golang-go.crypto — 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-7839-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-45337 Upstream summary: Damien Tournoud, Patrick Dawkins, Vince Parker, and Jules Duvivier discovered that Go Cryptography incorrectly handled public keys during SSH operations. An attacker could possibly […]

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