Ubuntu 18.04

How To Secure MongoDB on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Secure MongoDB on Ubuntu 18.04

MongoDB doesn’t have authentication enabled by default, meaning that any user with access to the server where the database is installed can add and delete data without restriction. In order to secure this vulnerability, this tutorial will walk you through creating an administrative user and enabling authentication. You’ll then test to confirm that only this administrative user has access to the database.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — mistral — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — mistral — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 November 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7465-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16848 CVE-2018-16849 CVE-2019-3866 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Mistral incorrectly handled nested anchors in YAML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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Как установить Nginx в Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Как установить Nginx в Ubuntu 18.04

Предыдущая версия руководства была написана Джастином Эллингвудом. Nginx является одним из самых популярных веб-серверов в мире, его используют для хостинга самых больших и нагруженных сайтов в Интернете. Nginx в…

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How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 18.04

Apache’s mod_rewrite module lets you redirect URLs based on additional conditions, or rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query string. In this tutorial, you’ll enable `mod_rewrite` and use `.htaccess` files to create a basic URL redirection, and then explore a couple of advanced use cases.

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS LVM volume extension not reflected in filesystem

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 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 18.04 LTS – SSH login rejected despite correct credentials

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 November 2019 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 18.04 — libopenmpt — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libopenmpt — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 November 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8206-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17113 CVE-2018-10017 CVE-2018-11710 Upstream summary: Antonio Morales Maldonado discovered that OpenMPT did not properly limit the length of strings in certain cases, leading to a buffer overflow. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — kauth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — kauth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 November 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6035-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7443 Upstream summary: It was discovered that KAuth incorrectly handled some configuration parameters with specially crafted arbitrary types. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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