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Ubuntu 20.04 — kicad — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — kicad — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7466-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23803 CVE-2022-23804 CVE-2022-23946 CVE-2022-23947 Upstream summary: It was discovered that KiCad incorrectly handled memory when opening malicious files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — orc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — orc — 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-6964-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-40897 Upstream summary: Noriko Totsuka discovered that ORC incorrectly handled certain crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — prometheus-alertmanager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — prometheus-alertmanager — 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-6935-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40577 Upstream summary: It was discovered that prometheus-alertmanager didn't properly sanitize input it received through an API endpoint. An attacker with permission to send requests to this […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — bouncycastle — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — bouncycastle — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-3727-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6644 CVE-2015-7940 CVE-2016-1000338 CVE-2016-1000339 CVE-2016-1000341 CVE-2016-1000342 CVE-2016-1000343 CVE-2016-1000345  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bouncy Castle incorrectly handled certain crypto algorithms. A remote attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — ruby-saml — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — ruby-saml — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-7409-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-25291 CVE-2025-25292 CVE-2025-25293 CVE-2016-5697 CVE-2017-11428 CVE-2024-45409 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ruby-saml did not correctly handle XML parsing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — waitress — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — waitress — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7115-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-49768 CVE-2024-49769 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Waitress could process follow up requests when receiving a specially crafted message. An attacker could use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — bsd-mailx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — bsd-mailx — 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-2455-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7844 Upstream summary: It was discovered that bsd-mailx contained a feature that allowed syntactically valid email addresses to be treated as shell commands. A remote attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — gtk+2.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — gtk+2.0 — 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-6899-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6655 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GTK would attempt to load modules from the current directory, contrary to expectations. If users started GTK applications from shared […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon — 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-7063-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6388 Upstream summary: Marco Trevisan discovered that the Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon leaked the Pro token to unprivileged users by passing the token as an argument in […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libcdio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libcdio — 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-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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