Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Common Problems 118918

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – apt update fails because dpkg lock is held

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 August 2019 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 118958

Ubuntu 14.04 Drops to initramfs BusyBox on Boot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 August 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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — walinuxagent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — walinuxagent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3907-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-0804 Upstream summary: It was discovered that WALinuxAgent created swap files with incorrect permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information from […]

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Common Problems 118919

apt update Returns 404 Errors on Ubuntu 14.04

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Common Problems 119146

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – UFW rules disappear after reboot – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 July 2019 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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Common Problems 118991

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS root filesystem full from runaway logs

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 July 2019 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 118994

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Apache2 Fails to Start After Config Change

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 22 July 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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libpcap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libpcap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4221-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15165 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libpcap did not properly validate PHB headers in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of […]

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Common Problems 118977

DNS Resolution Fails Due to resolvconf Issues on Ubuntu 14.04

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

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Common Problems 119121

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS GRUB update fails and leaves system unbootable

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 July 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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