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Ubuntu 14.04 — procps — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — procps — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-3658-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1122 CVE-2018-1123 CVE-2018-1124 CVE-2018-1125 CVE-2018-1126 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the procps-ng top utility incorrectly read its configuration file from the current working directory. A local […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libcdio — 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-6855-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36600 Upstream summary: Mansour Gashasbi discovered that libcdio incorrectly handled certain memory operations when parsing an ISO file, leading to a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libmodule-scandeps-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libmodule-scandeps-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7117-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-10224 CVE-2024-11003 CVE-2024-48990 CVE-2024-48991 CVE-2024-48992 Upstream summary: Qualys discovered that needrestart passed unsanitized data to a library (libmodule-scandeps-perl) which expects safe input. A local attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — cups-browsed — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — cups-browsed — 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-7042-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47176 Upstream summary: USN-7042-1 fixed a vulnerability in cups-browsed. This update improves the fix by removing support for the legacy CUPS printer discovery protocol entirely. Original advisory […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — uriparser — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — uriparser — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-7356-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-34402 CVE-2024-34403 CVE-2021-46141 CVE-2021-46142 CVE-2018-19198 CVE-2018-19199 CVE-2018-19200 CVE-2018-20721 Upstream summary: It was discovered that uriparser did not correctly handle certain inputs, which could lead to an integer […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — afflib — 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-6518-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8050 Upstream summary: Luis Rocha discovered that AFFLIB incorrectly handled certain input files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted AFF […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libapache-mod-jk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libapache-mod-jk — 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-6826-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-41081 Upstream summary: Karl von Randow discovered that mod_jk was vulnerable to an authentication bypass. If the configuration did not provide explicit mounts for all possible proxied […]

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

Ubuntu 24.04 — apr — 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-7038-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49582 Upstream summary: Thomas Stangner discovered a permission vulnerability in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to read named […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — jinja2 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — jinja2 — 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-7343-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2102129 CVE-2024-56201 CVE-2024-56326 CVE-2025-27516 CVE-2024-34064 CVE-2020-28493 CVE-2024-22195 Upstream summary: USN-7343-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Jinja2. The update introduced a regression when attempting to import Jinja2 on Ubuntu 18.04 […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — yard — 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-6731-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17042 CVE-2019-1020001 CVE-2024-27285 Upstream summary: It was discovered that YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to conduct […]

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