Troubleshooting

Ubuntu 20.04 — spice-vdagent — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — spice-vdagent — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4617-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25650 CVE-2020-25651 CVE-2020-25652 CVE-2020-25653 Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner discovered that SPICE vdagent incorrectly handled the active_xfers hash table. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Common Problems 112578

Windows Server 2019 — Defender Platform Update Fails and Signatures Stop Updating — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~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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How to Set Up a Firewall with firewalld on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Firewall with firewalld on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up a Firewall with firewalld on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — coturn — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — coturn — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4690-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26262 CVE-2020-4067 CVE-2020-6061 CVE-2020-6062 Upstream summary: It was discovered that coTURN allowed peers to connect and relay packets to loopback addresses in the range of 127.x.x.x. A […]

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How to Set Up a Kubernetes Dashboard on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Kubernetes Dashboard on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up a Kubernetes Dashboard on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — file-roller — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — file-roller — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4820)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4820 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16680 CVE-2020-11736 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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How to Configure the APT Package Manager on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure the APT Package Manager on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying configure the apt package manager on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites You […]

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Common Problems 119139

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS unattended-upgrades Stuck on apt Lock

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 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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Common Problems 118015

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – journald logs consume excessive disk space

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04.6 📖 ~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 […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — netqmail — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — netqmail — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4621-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1513 CVE-2005-1514 CVE-2005-1515 CVE-2020-3811 CVE-2020-3812 Upstream summary: It was discovered that netqmail did not properly handle certain input. Both remote and local attackers could use this vulnerability […]

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