Ubuntu 16.04

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — mc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5160-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-36370 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Midnight Commander would not check server fingerprints when establishing an SFTP connection. If a remote attacker were able to intercept […]

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Common Problems 118528

Time drift causes TLS certificate validation failures

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 April 2021 📖 ~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 16.04 — opendmarc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 April 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6356-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12272 CVE-2020-12460 Upstream summary: Jianjun Chen, Vern Paxson and Jian Jiang discovered that OpenDMARC incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked […]

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How To Manage RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Manage RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04

In this guide, we discuss how to use Linux’s mdadm utility to manage RAID arrays and perform day-to-day administrative tasks. We cover how to start, stop, or remove RAID arrays, how to find information about both the RAID device and the underlying storage components, and how to adjust the RAID size and and hot spares to existing arrays.

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How to Use Node.js and Github Webhooks to Keep Remote Projects in Sync — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Node.js and Github Webhooks to Keep Remote Projects in Sync

In this guide you will develop a Node.js server that listens for a GitHub webhook notification whenever you or someone else pushes code to GitHub. This script will automatically update a repository on a remote server with the most recent version of the code, eliminating the need to log in to a server to pull new commits.

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Common Problems 118614

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS PAM misconfiguration locks out local console login

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 April 2021 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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Common Problems 118619

Ubuntu 16.04 Cron Jobs Not Running from /etc/cron.d

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 March 2021 📖 ~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 16.04 — mupdf — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7825-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26683 CVE-2018-16647 CVE-2021-37220 CVE-2018-10289 CVE-2018-16648 CVE-2018-1000036 CVE-2021-3407 CVE-2020-21896 Upstream summary: It was discovered that MuPDF incorrectly managed memory, resulting in a memory leak. An attacker could possibly […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — rabbitmq-server — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6265-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-4966 CVE-2019-11287 CVE-2021-22116 CVE-2016-9877 Upstream summary: It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain signed-in user credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libexif — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libexif — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4624-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0452 CVE-2020-0093 CVE-2020-0182 CVE-2020-0198 CVE-2020-13112 CVE-2020-13113 CVE-2020-13114 CVE-2018-20030  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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