Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Ubuntu 14.04 — libass — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libass — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4797-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7969 CVE-2016-7970 CVE-2016-7972 CVE-2020-24994 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibASS incorrectly handled certain ASS files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — drupal7 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — drupal7 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7658-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11023 CVE-2020-11022 CVE-2020-13671 CVE-2020-28948 CVE-2020-28949 CVE-2015-2559 CVE-2015-2749 CVE-2015-2750  +2 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Drupal incorrectly parsed untrusted HTML. A remote attacker could possibly use […]

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Common Problems 119143

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS filesystem requires manual fsck on every boot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 January 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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Ubuntu 14.04 — c3p0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — c3p0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7571-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5427 Upstream summary: Aaron Massey discovered that c3p0 could be made to crash when parsing certain input. An attacker able to modify the application’s XML configuration file […]

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Common Problems 119126

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – Postfix mail queue backlog grows uncontrollably – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 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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Ubuntu 14.04 — commons-beanutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — commons-beanutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4766-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0114 CVE-2019-10086 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Commons BeanUtils improperly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to cause a crash or […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libmodbus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libmodbus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5173-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14462 CVE-2019-14463 Upstream summary: USN-5173-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libmodbus. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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Common Problems 118971

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS DNS resolution fails while IP ping works

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 January 2020 Affected versions: 14.04 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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Common Problems 118979

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – system enters GRUB rescue after bootloader issue

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 14.04.6 📖 ~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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Common Problems 119021

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS MySQL service fails to start after unclean shutdown

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 December 2019 Affected versions: 14.04 📖 ~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 […]

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