Ubuntu 20.04

Common Problems 117467

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – UFW blocks required application ports after policy tighten – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 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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Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4432-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1889556 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309 CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15705  +2 more Upstream summary: USN-4432-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GRUB2 affecting Secure Boot environments. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions for […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — highlight.js — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — highlight.js — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8276-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26237 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Highlight.js used plain JavaScript objects for internal language name lookups, making them susceptible to prototype pollution attacks. An attacker could […]

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How To Set Up Mattermost on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Mattermost on Ubuntu 20.04

Mattermost is an open source collaboration and messaging platform created with security and configurability in mind providing comparable functionality to Discord or Slack. In this tutorial, you will set up the Mattermost Team Edition on your Ubuntu 20.04 server.

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Common Problems 117435

Broken Packages After Interrupted apt Upgrade

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 27 May 2020 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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How To Install Mastodon on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Mastodon on Ubuntu 20.04

Mastodon is a microblogging social networking application that uses a decentralized model, also termed as a federation by its creators. Mastodon is open-source and can be deployed by anyone on any server, with each server being its own instance that can have its own policies and moderation. Within the federation, each Mastodon instance can be made aware of other instances. This allows interaction with other users both within an instance and with other instances.

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Common Problems 117510

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Slow Disk I/O Under Moderate Load

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2020 📖 ~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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