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

Ubuntu 20.04 — xdg-utils — 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-4649-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1909941 CVE-2020-27748 Upstream summary: USN-4649-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xdg-utils. That update caused a regression by removing the –attach functionality in thunderbird and others applications. This update fix […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — gobgp — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — gobgp — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7661-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-43970 CVE-2023-46565 CVE-2025-43973 CVE-2025-43971 CVE-2025-43972 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GoBGP did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances, which could lead to a buffer overflow. […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — pcl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — pcl — 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-7227-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-53432 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PCL incorrectly handled certain malformed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — ledgersmb — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — ledgersmb — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-7647-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3693 CVE-2021-3731 CVE-2024-23831 CVE-2021-3882 CVE-2021-3694 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LedgerSMB did not check the origin of HTML fragments. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — libmobi — 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-7638-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29788 CVE-2022-1907 CVE-2022-1908 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libmobi did not correctly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. A local attacker […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — node-fstream — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — node-fstream — 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-4123-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13173 Upstream summary: It was discovered that npm/fstream incorrectly handled certain crafted tarballs. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write aritrary files to the filesystem. Table […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — aide — 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-7697-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-54409 CVE-2025-54389 CVE-2021-45417 Upstream summary: Rajesh Pangare discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled filenames. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the detection of malicious […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — gimp-dds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gimp-dds — 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-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 24.04 — yelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — yelp — 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-7447-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-3155 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Yelp incorrectly handled paths in ghelp URLs. A remote attacker could use this issue to trick users into opening malicious […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — requests — 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-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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