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Debian 9 – sudo Stops Working Due to Broken Permissions – Emergency Repair

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Swap Exhaustion Causes OOM Kills

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How To Use Bash History Commands and Expansions on a Linux VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Bash History Commands and Expansions on a Linux VPS

As you administer servers, you will begin to spend a lot of time on the command line. Most likely, you will be using the bash shell. The bash shell includes a lot of commands and expansion capabilities to take advantage of the input you have typed in the past. In this guide, we will explore how to leverage these feature to better utilize the power of the bash shell.

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Ubuntu 20.04 — bash — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — bash — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5380-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18276 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bash did not properly drop privileges when the binary had the setuid bit enabled. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4552-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16729 Upstream summary: USN-4552-1 and USN-4552-2 fixed a vulnerability in Pam-python. The update introduced a regression which prevented PAM modules written in Python from importing python modules […]

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