Ubuntu 18.04

Common Problems 117924

Ubuntu 18.04 Bluetooth device not detected

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 May 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 18.04 — pulseaudio — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4640-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16123 CVE-2020-11931 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1877102 Upstream summary: James Henstridge discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused PulseAudio to incorrectly handle snap client connections. An attacker could possibly use this to […]

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How To Reset Your MySQL or MariaDB Root Password on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Reset Your MySQL or MariaDB Root Password on Ubuntu 18.04

Forgetting passwords happens to the best of us. If you forget or lose the **root** password to your MySQL or MariaDB database, you can still gain access and reset the password if you have access to the server and a sudo-enabled user account. In this tutorial you’ll reset the root password for your MySQL or MariaDB database running on Ubuntu 18.04.

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — wkhtmltopdf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6232-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-21365 Upstream summary: It was discovered that wkhtmltopdf was not properly enforcing the same-origin policy when processing certain HTML files. If a user or automated system using […]

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Common Problems 117967

Ubuntu 18.04 Sudo Stops Working for Admin Group Users

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 May 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 18.04 — libxml-security-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libxml-security-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5525-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40690 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache XML Security for Java incorrectly passed a configuration property when creating specific key elements. This allows an attacker to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — node-thenify — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — node-thenify — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6016-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7677 Upstream summary: It was discovered that thenify incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input […]

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