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Ubuntu 16.04 — dosfstools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — dosfstools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2986-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8872 CVE-2016-4804 Upstream summary: Hanno Böck discovered that dosfstools incorrectly handled certain malformed filesystems. A local attacker could use this issue to cause dosfstools to crash, resulting […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — libcryptx-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — libcryptx-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~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 16.04 — libhtml-stripscripts-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libhtml-stripscripts-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6100-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-24038 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTML::StripScripts does not properly parse HTML content with certain style attributes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — openssl-ibmca — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — openssl-ibmca — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6046-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2015454 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenSSL-ibmca incorrectly handled certain RSA decryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — sudo — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — sudo — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8092-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2143042 CVE-2025-32462 CVE-2025-32463 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Sudo incorrectly checked return codes when dropping privileges to run the mailer. A local attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — ruby2.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ruby2.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8137-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-61594 CVE-2024-35176 CVE-2025-6442 CVE-2024-41123 CVE-2024-41946 CVE-2024-47220 CVE-2024-39908 CVE-2025-24294  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Ruby URI gem did not properly handle sensitive information when […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — containerd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — containerd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7983-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-64329 CVE-2024-25621 CVE-2024-40635 Upstream summary: David Leadbeater discovered that containerd incorrectly set certain directory path permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve unauthorised access […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libxi — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libxi — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5646-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7945 CVE-2016-7946 Upstream summary: Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXi did not properly manage memory when handling X server responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — fribidi — 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-5922-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25308 CVE-2022-25309 CVE-2022-25310 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly handled the processing of input strings, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — pmix — 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-6434-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-41915 Upstream summary: Francois Diakhate discovered that PMIx did not properly handle race conditions in the pmix library, which could lead to unwanted privilege escalation. An attacker […]

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