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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-tar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-tar — 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-5283-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32803 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tar for Node.js did not properly sanitize path inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — speex — 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-5280-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-23903 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Speex incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libsdl2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libsdl2 — 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-5274-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14409 CVE-2020-14410 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Simple DirectMedia Layer library incorrectly handled memory when parsing certain specially crafted .BMP files. An attacker could possibly use […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — cpanminus — 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-5230-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16154 Upstream summary: It was discovered that App::cpanminus did not properly verify CHECKSUMS files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification, gaining access […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-riscv — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4425-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16089 CVE-2019-19462 CVE-2020-11935 CVE-2020-15780 CVE-2020-10711 CVE-2020-10732 CVE-2020-12768 CVE-2020-12770  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the network block device (nbd) implementation in the Linux kernel did […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — mumble — 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-5195-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27229 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Mumble client supported websites for public servers with arbitrary URL schemes. If a user were tricked into visiting a […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libdbd-mysql-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libdbd-mysql-perl — 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-7417-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1249 CVE-2016-1251 CVE-2017-10788 CVE-2017-10789 CVE-2014-9906 CVE-2015-8949 CVE-2016-1246 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libdbd-mysql-perl did not correctly handle certain SQL queries. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — flask — 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-8104-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-27205 CVE-2023-30861 Upstream summary: Shourya Jaiswal discovered that Flask did not correctly mark certain web responses as user-specific. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — evolution-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — evolution-data-server — 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-3724-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10727 Upstream summary: Jon Kristensen discovered that Evolution Data Server would automatically downgrade a connection to an IMAP server if the IMAP server did not support SSL. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-dottie — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-dottie — 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-8041-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-26132 Upstream summary: Yuhan Gao and Peng Zhou discovered that Dottie was vulnerable to prototype pollution when altering the __proto__ magical attribute. An attacker could possibly use […]

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