Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libjpeg9 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libjpeg9 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-5336-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3616 CVE-2018-11212 CVE-2018-11213 CVE-2018-11214 CVE-2018-11813 CVE-2020-14152 CVE-2020-14153 Upstream summary: Aladdin Mubaied discovered that the cjpeg utility in libjpeg9 did not properly validate the input image's size. An […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — aria2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — aria2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4869-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3500 Upstream summary: It was discovered that aria2 could accidentally leak authentication data. An attacker could possibly use this to gain access to sensitive information. Table of […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — collectd — 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-4793-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6254 CVE-2017-16820 CVE-2017-7401 Upstream summary: It was discovered that collectd mishandled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause collectd to crash or […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4828-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000140 Upstream summary: It was discovered that librelp did not properly manage x509 certificates, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — icoutils — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — icoutils — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-4695-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5208 CVE-2017-5331 CVE-2017-5332 CVE-2017-5333 CVE-2017-6009 CVE-2017-6010 CVE-2017-6011 Upstream summary: Choongwoo Han discovered that icoutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — php-gettext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — php-gettext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4779-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8980 Upstream summary: Danilo Segan discovered that Gettext mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — ssvnc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ssvnc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-4547-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20020 CVE-2018-20021 CVE-2018-20022 CVE-2018-20024 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the LibVNCClient vendored in SSVNC incorrectly handled certain packet lengths. A remote attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — pound — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — pound — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4702-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10711 CVE-2018-21245 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Pound incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests A remote attacker could use it to retrieve some sensitive information. (CVE-2016-10711, CVE-2018-21245) […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — vcftools — 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-3974-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11099 CVE-2018-11129 CVE-2018-11130 Upstream summary: It was discovered that VCFtools improperly handled certain input. If a user was tricked into opening a crafted input file, VCFtools could […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — newsbeuter — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — newsbeuter — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4585-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12904 CVE-2017-14500 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle the command line input properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by […]

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