Ubuntu 20.04

Common Problems 117495

GNOME Login Loop After Disk Full

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 21 February 2021 Affected versions: 20.04 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 20.04 — caribou — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — caribou — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 February 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4958-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1912060 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Caribou onscreen keyboard could be made to crash when given certain input values. An attacker could use this to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — software-properties — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — software-properties — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 February 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4457-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15709 Upstream summary: Jason A. Donenfeld discovered that Software Properties incorrectly filtered certain escape sequences when displaying PPA descriptions. If a user were tricked into adding an […]

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Common Problems 117541

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – UFW policy change blocks SSH and remote administration – Fix & Prevention

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 February 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 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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