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

Ubuntu 14.04 — vcftools — 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-4835-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11099 CVE-2018-11129 CVE-2018-11130 CVE-2019-1010127 Upstream summary: It was discovered that VCFtools improperly handled certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted input file, VCFtools […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — apr — 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-7038-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49582 Upstream summary: Thomas Stangner discovered a permission vulnerability in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to read named […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — configobj — 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-7040-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-26112 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ConfigObj contains regex that is susceptible to catastrophic backtracking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a regular […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-7536-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2113906 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2112614 CVE-2025-2312 CVE-2020-14342 CVE-2021-20208 CVE-2022-27239 CVE-2022-29869 Upstream summary: USN-7536-1 fixed vulnerabilities in cifs-utils. This update introduced a regression in certain environments. This update fixes the problem. […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — inspircd — 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-7405-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7142 CVE-2019-20917 CVE-2020-25269 Upstream summary: It was discovered that InspIRCd did not correctly handle certificate fingerprints, which could lead to spoofing. A remote attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — bubblewrap — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — bubblewrap — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-7046-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-42472 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2077087 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Flatpak incorrectly handled certain persisted directories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read and write files in […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — gss-ntlmssp — 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-7588-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-25567 CVE-2023-25565 CVE-2023-25564 CVE-2023-25563 Upstream summary: Phil Turnbull discovered that GSS NTLMSSP may perform out-of-bounds reads when decoding NTLM fields and target information. An attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — requests — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — requests — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-7568-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47081 CVE-2023-32681 CVE-2018-18074 Upstream summary: Dennis Brinkrolf and Tobias Funke discovered that Requests did not correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — libsndfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — libsndfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7267-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-50612 Upstream summary: USN-7267-1 fixed a vulnerability in libsndfile. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. Original advisory details: It was […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — tika — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — tika — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-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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