Ubuntu 20.04

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: 22 April 2025 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 20.04 — dcmtk — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — dcmtk — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 April 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7010-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41687 CVE-2021-41688 CVE-2021-41689 CVE-2021-41690 CVE-2022-2121 CVE-2022-43272 CVE-2024-28130 CVE-2024-34508  +5 more Upstream summary: USN-7010-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DCMTK. The update introduced a regression. This update fixes the problem. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-flask-cors — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-flask-cors — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 April 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7612-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6839 CVE-2024-6866 CVE-2024-6844 CVE-2024-6221 CVE-2024-1681 CVE-2020-25032 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Flask-CORS did not correctly handle certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — fontforge — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — fontforge — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6856-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-25081 CVE-2024-25082 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FontForge incorrectly handled filenames. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gnome-shell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gnome-shell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6963-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36472 CVE-2020-17489 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly opened the portal helper automatically when detecting a captive network portal. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — exim4 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — exim4 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 April 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6939-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-39929 CVE-2021-38371 CVE-2023-51766 CVE-2023-42117 CVE-2023-42119 CVE-2023-42114 CVE-2023-42115 CVE-2023-42116  +12 more Upstream summary: Phillip Szelat discovered that Exim misparses multiline MIME header filenames. A remote attacker could use […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-ldap — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-ldap — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 March 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7828-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-61912 CVE-2025-61911 CVE-2021-46823 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Python LDAP incorrectly handled special characters in the special character filtering function. A remote attacker could possibly use […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — pcl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 March 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7227-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-53432 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PCL incorrectly handled certain malformed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-zipp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-zipp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 March 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6906-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5569 Upstream summary: It was discovered that python-zipp did not properly handle the zip files with malformed names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — intel-microcode — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — intel-microcode — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 March 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8068-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-31648 CVE-2025-20053 CVE-2025-22839 CVE-2025-22840 CVE-2025-20109 CVE-2025-24305 CVE-2025-26403 CVE-2025-21090  +12 more Upstream summary: Sergiu Ghetie discovered that some Intel® processors did not properly handle values in the microcode […]

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