Ubuntu 18.04 security vulnerabilities
Extended Support for Ubuntu: Patch Intel Microcode Vulnerabilities
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 crash systems ...
ClamAV Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04
Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in ClamAV, a widely used antivirus software for Linux systems. These issues could allow attackers to compromise the security of your system and potentially gain unauthorized access ...
Critical GNU Emacs Vulnerabilities Fixed: Update Now
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 revolve around ...
Addressing Git Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04
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 allow malicious ...
Critical Expat Vulnerabilities Fixed: Urgent Update Required
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 to denial-of-service ...
Ubuntu Fixes Memory Vulnerabilities in Vim: Patch Now
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 CVE-2024-43374, could ...
High-Severity Intel Microcode Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu
Recently, multiple high-severity vulnerabilities were discovered in Intel Microcode that could potentially lead to privilege escalation. Canonical, the organization behind Ubuntu, has acted swiftly by releasing security updates to address these vulnerabilities ...
Ubuntu Fixes Several Linux Kernel AWS Vulnerabilities
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 conditions and ...
Ubuntu Addresses Multiple OpenJDK 8 Vulnerabilities
Several vulnerabilities have recently been identified in OpenJDK 8, which could potentially lead to denial of service, information disclosure, arbitrary code execution, or even the bypassing of Java sandbox restrictions. In response, ...
Patching Recent Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities with KernelCare
Several security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel. These issues could potentially be exploited by malicious actors to compromise system integrity and steal sensitive data. In this article, we will explore ...