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Ubuntu 20.04 — libyaml-syck-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libyaml-syck-perl — 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-7844-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-11683 Upstream summary: It was discovered that YAML::Syck did not properly handle parsing YAML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — shadow — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — shadow — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-6640-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4641 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1998169 CVE-2013-4235 CVE-2017-12424 CVE-2018-7169 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1690820 CVE-2016-6252 CVE-2017-2616 Upstream summary: It was discovered that shadow was not properly sanitizing memory when running the password utility. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — requests — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — requests — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7568-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47081 CVE-2023-32681 Upstream summary: Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests did not correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — aspell — 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-5023-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — monit — 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-6571-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-26563 CVE-2019-11454 CVE-2019-11455 Upstream summary: Youssef Rebahi-Gilbert discovered that Monit did not properly process credentials for disabled accounts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to login […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — net-snmp — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — net-snmp — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-7944-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-68615 CVE-2022-44792 CVE-2022-44793 CVE-2022-24805 CVE-2022-24806 CVE-2022-24807 CVE-2022-24808 CVE-2022-24809  +1 more Upstream summary: Bahae Bahrini discovered that Net-SNMP could be made to write out of bounds. If a […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — kmail-account-wizard — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — kmail-account-wizard — 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-7732-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-50624 Upstream summary: It was discovered that KMail Account Wizard used HTTP rather than HTTPS when retrieving certain email server configurations. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — accountsservice — 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-6190-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3297 CVE-2018-14036 CVE-2020-16126 Upstream summary: USN-6190-1 fixed a vulnerability in AccountsService. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — pyyaml — 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-4940-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14343 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PyYAML incorrectly handled untrusted YAML files with the FullLoader loader. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — cvs — 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-3399-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12836 Upstream summary: Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH for remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to construct a cvs repository […]

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