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Ubuntu 18.04 — gross — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gross — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6942-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52159 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Gross incorrectly handled memory when composing log entries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Gross to crash, […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — jquery — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — jquery — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-7622-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11023 CVE-2019-11358 CVE-2020-11022 CVE-2012-6708 Upstream summary: It was discovered that jQuery did not correctly handle HTML tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — walinuxagent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — walinuxagent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3907-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-0804 Upstream summary: It was discovered that WALinuxAgent created swap files with incorrect permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information from […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — tika — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — tika — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7529-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-33879 CVE-2022-30126 CVE-2022-30973 CVE-2020-1950 CVE-2020-1951 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libvpx — 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-7551-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-5283 CVE-2024-5197 CVE-2023-44488 CVE-2023-5217 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libvpx did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — apparmor — 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-7035-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1585 https://bugs.launchpad.net/apparmor/+bug/1597017 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the AppArmor policy compiler incorrectly generated looser restrictions than expected for rules allowing mount operations. A local attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — python-dbusmock — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — python-dbusmock — 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-2618-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1326 Upstream summary: It was discovered that python-dbusmock incorrectly handled template loading from shared directories. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — base-files — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — base-files — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3748-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6557 Upstream summary: Sander Bos discovered that the MOTD update script incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — ruby-rmagick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — ruby-rmagick — 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-6960-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-5349 Upstream summary: Nick Browning discovered that RMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — libtirpc — 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-3759-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4429 CVE-2017-8779 CVE-2018-14622 Upstream summary: Aldy Hernandez discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. […]

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