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Ubuntu 18.04 — tinyxml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — tinyxml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-6612-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-34194 CVE-2021-42260 Upstream summary: It was discovered that TinyXML incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — amd64-microcode — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — amd64-microcode — 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-7077-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-31315 CVE-2023-20569 CVE-2023-20593 CVE-2017-5715 Upstream summary: Enrique Nissim and Krzysztof Okupski discovered that some AMD processors did not properly restrict access to the System Management Mode (SMM) […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — plasma-workspace — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — plasma-workspace — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6843-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36041 Upstream summary: Fabian Vogt discovered that Plasma Workspace incorrectly handled connections via ICE. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access to another […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — serf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — serf — 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-2315-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3504 Upstream summary: Ben Reser discovered that serf did not correctly handle SSL certificates with NUL bytes in the CommonName or SubjectAltNames fields. A remote attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — wget — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — wget — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-6852-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-38428 CVE-2018-20483 CVE-2019-5953 CVE-2018-0494 CVE-2016-7098 CVE-2017-13089 CVE-2017-13090 CVE-2017-6508  +1 more Upstream summary: USN-6852-1 fixed a vulnerability in Wget. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — glance — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — glance — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-3446-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5251 CVE-2015-5286 CVE-2016-0757 CVE-2014-5356 Upstream summary: Hemanth Makkapati discovered that OpenStack Glance incorrectly handled access restrictions. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to change the […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-pymysql — 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-6801-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36039 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PyMySQL incorrectly escaped untrusted JSON input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection attacks. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — proftpd-dfsg — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — proftpd-dfsg — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7297-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-48795 CVE-2023-51713 CVE-2024-48651 Upstream summary: Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that the transport protocol implementation in ProFTPD had weak integrity checks. An attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — node-browserify-sign — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — node-browserify-sign — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6800-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-46234 Upstream summary: It was discovered that browserify-sign incorrectly handled an upper bound check in signature verification. If a user or an automated system were tricked into […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — ubufox — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — ubufox — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-3391-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1711137 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1498681 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1483858 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1398174 Upstream summary: USN-3391-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubufox. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered […]

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