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Ubuntu 14.04 — exuberant-ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — exuberant-ctags — 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-2371-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7204 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exuberant Ctags incorrectly handled certain minified js files. An attacker could use this issue to possibly cause Exuberant Ctags to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — gimp — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gimp — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-3539-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17784 CVE-2017-17785 CVE-2017-17786 CVE-2017-17787 CVE-2017-17788 CVE-2017-17789 CVE-2016-4994 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — vte2.91 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — vte2.91 — 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-6833-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-37535 Upstream summary: Siddharth Dushantha discovered that VTE incorrectly handled large window resize escape sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume resources, leading to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — gpgme1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gpgme1.0 — 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-2307-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3564 Upstream summary: Tomáš Trnka discovered that GPGME incorrectly handled certain certificate line lengths. An attacker could use this issue to cause applications using GPGME to crash, […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — digikam — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — digikam — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-7266-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0691 CVE-2020-19858 CVE-2020-22628 CVE-2020-35530 CVE-2020-35531 CVE-2020-35532 CVE-2020-35533 CVE-2021-32142  +1 more Upstream summary: Zinuo Han and Ao Wang discovered that the Android DNG SDK, vendored in digiKam, did […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — exim4 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — exim4 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8270-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2152202 CVE-2026-40685 CVE-2026-40687 CVE-2026-40686 CVE-2024-39929 CVE-2023-51766 CVE-2023-42117 CVE-2023-42119  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled BDAT body parsing. A remote attacker could use […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — rails — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — rails — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7290-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-41128 CVE-2024-47887 CVE-2024-47888 CVE-2024-47889 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing block formats in email service layers. An attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6988-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-41671 CVE-2024-41810 Upstream summary: Ben Kallus discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when processing multiple HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — lxc — 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-3375-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10124 CVE-2017-5985 CVE-2016-8649 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501491 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501310 CVE-2015-1335 CVE-2015-1331 CVE-2015-1334 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the TIOCSTI ioctl. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — fossil — 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-6770-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2064509 Upstream summary: USN-6729-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. The update lead to the discovery of a regression in Fossil with regards to the handling of […]

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