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Ubuntu 18.04 — libpam-krb5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libpam-krb5 — 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-4314-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10595 Upstream summary: Russ Allbery discovered that pam-krb5 incorrectly handled some responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — screen — 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-6198-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-24626 CVE-2021-26937 CVE-2015-6806 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNU Screen was not properly checking user identifiers before sending certain signals to target processes. If GNU Screen […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — opensaml — 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-7364-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2103420 Upstream summary: Alexander Tan discovered that the OpenSAML C++ library was susceptible to forging of signed SAML messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — ruby-sinatra — 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-7664-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29970 CVE-2022-45442 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Sinatra incorrectly handled serving static files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform local file inclusion, obtaining […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — cairo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — cairo — 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-8140-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35492 CVE-2017-9814 CVE-2019-6462 CVE-2019-6461 Upstream summary: Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Cairo did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libbsd — 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-4243-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2090 CVE-2019-20367 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libbsd incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — mupdf — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — mupdf — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-7825-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26683 CVE-2018-16647 CVE-2021-37220 CVE-2018-10289 CVE-2018-16648 CVE-2018-1000036 CVE-2021-3407 CVE-2020-21896 Upstream summary: It was discovered that MuPDF incorrectly managed memory, resulting in a memory leak. An attacker could possibly […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — tcmu — 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-4707-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3139 Upstream summary: It was discovered that TCMU lacked a check for transport-layer restrictions, allowing remote attackers to read or write files via directory traversal in an […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — redmine — 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-4200-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17427 CVE-2019-18890 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Redmine incorrectly handle certain inputs that could cause textile formatting errors. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — protobuf — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — protobuf — 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-7629-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-4565 CVE-2024-7254 CVE-2015-5237 CVE-2022-1941 CVE-2021-22570 Upstream summary: USN-7435-1 and USN-7629-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Protocol Buffers for several releases of Ubuntu. This update provides the corresponding fixes for […]

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