Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — freeradius — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — freeradius — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17185 CVE-2022-41860 CVE-2022-41861 CVE-2017-10978 CVE-2017-10979 CVE-2017-10980 CVE-2017-10981 CVE-2017-10982  +5 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled multiple EAP-pwd handshakes. An attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — amanda — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — amanda — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5966-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2012536 CVE-2022-37703 CVE-2022-37704 CVE-2022-37705 Upstream summary: USN-5966-1 fixed vulnerabilities in amanda. Unfortunately it introduced a regression in GNUTAR-based backups. This update reverts all of the changes in […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — shadow — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — shadow — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6640-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4641 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1998169 CVE-2013-4235 CVE-2017-12424 CVE-2018-7169 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1690820 CVE-2016-6252 CVE-2017-2616 Upstream summary: It was discovered that shadow was not properly sanitizing memory when running the password utility. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — cargo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — cargo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6275-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-38497 Upstream summary: Addison Crump discovered that Cargo incorrectly set file permissions on UNIX-like systems when extracting crate archives. If the crate would contain files writable by […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5532-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31799 Upstream summary: USN-5532-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bottle. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM Original advisory details: It […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — golang-yaml.v2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — golang-yaml.v2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6287-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4235 CVE-2022-3064 Upstream summary: Simon Ferquel discovered that the Go yaml package incorrectly handled certain YAML documents. If a user or an automated system were tricked into […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — awstats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — awstats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5899-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46391 CVE-2017-1000501 CVE-2020-29600 CVE-2020-35176 Upstream summary: It was discovered that AWStats did not properly sanitize the content of whois responses in the hostinfo plugin. An attacker could […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — h2database — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — h2database — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6834-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42392 CVE-2022-23221 Upstream summary: It was discovered that H2 was vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. […]

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Common Problems 118524

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS user cannot log in due to full home quota

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 21 May 2023 Affected versions: 16.04 📖 ~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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How to Set Up and Use LXD on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up and Use LXD on Ubuntu 16.04

A Linux container is a grouping of processes that is isolated from the rest of the system through the use of Linux kernel security features, such as namespaces and control groups. LXD lets you create and manage these containers. In this tutorial, you’ll configure LXD and use it to run Nginx in a container. You’ll then route traffic to the container in order to make the web site accessible from the Internet.

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