Ubuntu 20.04

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Service Enters Crash Loop

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 January 2025 📖 ~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 20.04 — pillow-python2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — pillow-python2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 December 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6744-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-28219 CVE-2022-24303 CVE-2022-45198 Upstream summary: USN-6744-1 fixed a vulnerability in Pillow (Python 3). This update provides the corresponding updates for Pillow (Python 2) in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — waitress — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — waitress — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 December 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7115-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-49768 CVE-2024-49769 CVE-2022-24761 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Waitress could process follow up requests when receiving a specially crafted message. An attacker could use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — flatpak — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — flatpak — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 December 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7046-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-42472 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2077087 CVE-2021-41133 CVE-2021-21381 CVE-2021-21261 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Flatpak incorrectly handled certain persisted directories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read and […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 December 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7013-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-23184 CVE-2024-23185 CVE-2022-30550 CVE-2021-29157 CVE-2021-33515 CVE-2020-24386 CVE-2020-25275 CVE-2020-12100  +5 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled a large number of address headers. A remote […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — znc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — znc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 December 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6990-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-39844 Upstream summary: Johannes Kuhn (DasBrain) discovered that znc incorrectly handled user input under certain operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code […]

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How To Install the Etherpad Collaborative Web Editor on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install the Etherpad Collaborative Web Editor on Ubuntu 20.04

Etherpad is a web application that enables real-time collaborative text editing in the browser. It is written in Node.js and can use a variety of database engines to store data. In this tutorial we will install Etherpad on an Ubuntu 20.04 server, using an SQLite database. We’ll also use Nginx to reverse proxy the application, and Certbot to fetch and install Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates.

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-follow-redirects — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-follow-redirects — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 December 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8217-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0155 CVE-2022-0536 CVE-2023-26159 CVE-2024-28849 Upstream summary: It was discovered that follow-redirects did not properly protect sensitive user information during redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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