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Ubuntu 16.04

Patching Critical libarchive Vulnerabilities in...
Recently, multiple security vulnerabilities were fixed in libarchive, a widely used free and open-source library for reading and writing various archive file formats. These vulnerabilities could potentially allow attackers to...
GNOME Shell Vulnerabilities Fixed in...
Recently, Canonical released security updates addressing two vulnerabilities in GNOME Shell, a popular graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment. These updates are specifically targeted at Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, an...
Extended Support for Ubuntu: Patch...
Intel Microcode, a critical component of Intel CPUs, has been found to contain security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could potentially allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or even...
Critical GNU Emacs Vulnerabilities Fixed:...
Recently, Canonical issued security updates to address several Emacs vulnerabilities in multiple Ubuntu releases. Emacs is one of the popular text editors in Linux operating systems. The identified vulnerabilities primarily...
Addressing Git Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu...
Canonical has released security updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM to address multiple vulnerabilities in Git, a powerful and widely-used distributed version control system. These vulnerabilities may...
Recent Python Vulnerabilities Fixed in...
Multiple vulnerabilities in Python have been identified and patched, with updates available for several Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. These vulnerabilities pose...
Critical Expat Vulnerabilities Fixed: Urgent...
A recent discovery has highlighted significant security risks within the widely used Expat XML parsing C library. Security researcher Shang-Hung Wan identified three critical Expat vulnerabilities that could potentially lead...
Ubuntu Fixes Memory Vulnerabilities in...
Vim, a popular text editor in Unix-like operating systems, has been identified with two medium-severity vulnerabilities that could pose a security risk to users. These vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2024-41957 and...
Ubuntu Patches Multiple Vim...
Recently, Canonical has released security updates to address multiple Vim vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Ubuntu 14.04, codenamed “Trusty Tahr,” reached its end-of-life (EOL) on April 30, 2019. After this...
Ubuntu Fixes Several Linux Kernel...
Several vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel have been identified, also affecting Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems. Canonical has released important security patches addressing these vulnerabilities. These flaws primarily involve race...
Critical wpa_supplicant Vulnerability...
A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used wpa_supplicant package, potentially leaving millions of devices at risk. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-5290, poses a significant risk of privilege...