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Ubuntu 20.04 — libcryptx-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libcryptx-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-8128-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25099 CVE-2025-40914 CVE-2025-40912 Upstream summary: It was discovered that CryptX did not verify authentication tags while performing GCM and ChaCha20-Poly1305 decryption. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — shadow — 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-6640-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4641 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1998169 CVE-2013-4235 CVE-2017-12424 CVE-2018-7169 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1690820 CVE-2016-6252 CVE-2017-2616 Upstream summary: It was discovered that shadow was not properly sanitizing memory when running the password utility. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — python-tornado — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — python-tornado — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-8198-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-31958 CVE-2026-35536 CVE-2025-67724 CVE-2025-67725 CVE-2025-67726 CVE-2023-28370 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled parsing of large multipart request bodies. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — libplist — 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-3429-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7982 Upstream summary: Wang Junjie discovered that Libplist incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — net-snmp — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — net-snmp — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-7944-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-68615 CVE-2022-44792 CVE-2022-44793 CVE-2022-24805 CVE-2022-24806 CVE-2022-24807 CVE-2022-24808 CVE-2022-24809  +1 more Upstream summary: Bahae Bahrini discovered that Net-SNMP could be made to write out of bounds. If a […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libapache2-mod-auth-openidc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libapache2-mod-auth-openidc — 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-7446-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-31492 Upstream summary: It was discovered that mod_auth_openidc incorrectly handled certain POST requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — texlive-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — texlive-base — 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-3401-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10243 Upstream summary: It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain system commands. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted TeX file, a […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — augeas — 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-3400-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7555 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Augeas incorrectly handled certain strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause Augeas to crash, leading to a denial […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — cvs — 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-3399-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12836 Upstream summary: Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH for remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to construct a cvs repository […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — ruby-sinatra — 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-7664-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29970 CVE-2022-45442 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Sinatra incorrectly handled serving static files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform local file inclusion, obtaining […]

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