Ubuntu 20.04

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libntlm — 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-5108-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17455 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libntlm incorrectly handled specially crafted NTML requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — grilo — 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-5055-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-39365 Upstream summary: Michael Catanzaro discovered that grilo incorrectly handled certain TLS certificate verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to MITM attacks. Table of contents […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — util-linux — 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-8091-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2143850 CVE-2024-28085 CVE-2021-3995 CVE-2021-3996 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the util-linux su utility did not drop capabilities when being used with the –pty option. While not […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — cjson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7973-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-53154 CVE-2025-57052 CVE-2023-26819 Upstream summary: It was discovered that cJSON incorrectly handled parsing large numbers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — ruby-carrierwave — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7497-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21305 CVE-2023-49090 Upstream summary: Rikita Ishikawa discovered that CarrierWave did not correctly sanitize certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — xdg-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-4649-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1909941 CVE-2020-27748 Upstream summary: USN-4649-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xdg-utils. That update caused a regression by removing the –attach functionality in thunderbird and others applications. This update fix […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-7785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-41244 CVE-2025-22247 CVE-2023-34058 CVE-2023-34059 CVE-2023-20900 CVE-2023-20867 CVE-2022-31676 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled permissions with version checking. An 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: 25 May 2026 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 — ruby-websocket-extensions — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — ruby-websocket-extensions — 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-4502-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7663 Upstream summary: It was discovered that websocket-extensions does not properly parse special headers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause regex backtracking, resulting in […]

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