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

Ubuntu 16.04 — mercurial — 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-5102-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3902 CVE-2018-17983 Upstream summary: USN-5102-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mercurial. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — ant — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ant — 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-4874-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1945 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Ant created temporary files with insecure permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read sensitive information leaked into […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — xfce4-settings — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — xfce4-settings — 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-6141-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-45062 Upstream summary: Robin Peraglie and Johannes Moritz discovered that xfce4-settings incorrectly parsed quoted input when processed through xdg-open. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — mpg123 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — mpg123 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-4806-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12839 CVE-2017-12797 CVE-2017-9545 CVE-2017-11126 Upstream summary: It was discovered that mpg123 failed to handle certain malformed mp3 files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to potentially leak […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — freeipa — 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-4792-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-5404 CVE-2016-7030 CVE-2016-9575 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FreeIPA incorrectly handled certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service by […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libcrypto++ — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libcrypto++ — 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-4827-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9434 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Crypto++ mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to leak potentially sensitive information. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libtomcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libtomcrypt — 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-4868-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17362 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibTomCrypt incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or read […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — icoutils — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — icoutils — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-4695-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5208 CVE-2017-5331 CVE-2017-5332 CVE-2017-5333 CVE-2017-6009 CVE-2017-6010 CVE-2017-6011 Upstream summary: Choongwoo Han discovered that icoutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — ntopng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ntopng — 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-4842-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12520 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ntopng did not properly seed its random number generator, leading to predictable session tokens. An attacker could use this vulnerability […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libquicktime — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libquicktime — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-4545-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9122 CVE-2017-9123 CVE-2017-9124 CVE-2017-9125 CVE-2017-9126 CVE-2017-9127 CVE-2017-9128 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libquicktime incorrectly handled certain malformed MP4 files. If a user were tricked into opening […]

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