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

Ubuntu 22.04 — calamares-settings-ubuntu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 November 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6106-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2016436 Upstream summary: It was discovered that calamares-settings-ubuntu allowed creating the first user with a blank password, contrary to expectations. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — python-future — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — python-future — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 November 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5833-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-40899 Upstream summary: Sebastian Chnelik discovered that python-future incorrectly handled certain HTTP header field. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — php:8.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — php:8.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-5468)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 November 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-5468 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31626 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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How To Install Prosody on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Prosody on Ubuntu 18.04

Prosody is an XMPP chat server that supports TLS encrypted one-to-one chat and group chat rooms. XMPP is an open messaging protocol formally known as Jabber. This means that any XMPP chat client will be able to connect to a Prosody server and start chatting. In this tutorial, you will install and configure a Prosody server that supports one-to-one and group chat sessions and the ability to upload files into the chat panel to share. All of the chat sessions will be protected by TLS.

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Oracle Linux 8 — libreoffice — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libreoffice — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-0089)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 November 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-0089 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-26305 CVE-2022-26306 CVE-2022-26307 CVE-2022-3140 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – APT lock file blocks package operations – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 November 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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RHEL 7 cron jobs not executing because crond service is disabled

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 November 2022 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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Debian 11 — abiword — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — abiword — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 November 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0645 CVE-2005-2964 CVE-2005-2972 CVE-2006-4513 CVE-2017-17529 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the wvHandleDateTimePicture function in wv library (wvWare) 0.7.4 through 0.7.6 and 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary […]

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