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Ubuntu 18.04 — opensaml2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — opensaml2 — 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-7364-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2103420 Upstream summary: Alexander Tan discovered that the OpenSAML C++ library was susceptible to forging of signed SAML messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libproxy — 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-4673-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26154 CVE-2020-25219 Upstream summary: Li Fei discovered that libproxy incorrectly handled certain PAC files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — gimp-dds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — gimp-dds — 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-7209-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-44441 Upstream summary: Jacob Boerema discovered that the GIMP DDS Plugin incorrectly processed DDS files due to a memory issue. An attacker could exploit this through a […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libjpeg6b — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libjpeg6b — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-5497-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11212 CVE-2018-11213 CVE-2018-11214 CVE-2018-11813 CVE-2020-14152 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libjpeg6b was not properly performing bounds checks when compressing PPM and Targa image files. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — zeromq3 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — zeromq3 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-4920-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13132 CVE-2020-15166 CVE-2021-20234 CVE-2021-20235 CVE-2021-20237 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ZeroMQ incorrectly handled certain application metadata. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ZeroMQ […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — blueman — 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-4605-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1897287 CVE-2020-15238 Upstream summary: Vaisha Bernard discovered that blueman did not properly sanitize input on the d-bus interface to blueman-mechanism. A local attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gdm3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gdm3 — 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-4614-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16125 Upstream summary: Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker able to cause […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — cloud-init — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — cloud-init — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-7677-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6174 CVE-2024-11584 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2020375 CVE-2023-1786 https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/2013967 CVE-2022-2084 Upstream summary: Harry Sintonen discovered that the hotplugd socket in cloud-init was world writable. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — lxml — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — lxml — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-5225-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43818 CVE-2021-28957 CVE-2020-27783 CVE-2018-19787 CVE-2014-3146 Upstream summary: It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain XML and HTML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — twitter-bootstrap3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — twitter-bootstrap3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7556-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6484 CVE-2024-6531 CVE-2024-6485 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bootstrap did not correctly sanitize certain input in the carousel component. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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