Ubuntu 20.04

Common Problems 117558

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – system clock drift causes NTP unsynchronized status

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 20.04.6 📖 ~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 20.04 — linux-oem-5.10 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-oem-5.10 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5240-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0185 CVE-2021-4204 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1956585 CVE-2021-4001 CVE-2021-4002 CVE-2021-42739 CVE-2021-43267 CVE-2021-3655  +12 more Upstream summary: William Liu and Jamie Hill-Daniel discovered that the file system context functionality in the Linux […]

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How to Install and Configure VNC on Ubuntu 20.04 [Quickstart] — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure VNC on Ubuntu 20.04 [Quickstart]

Virtual Network Computing, or VNC, is a connection system that allows you to use your keyboard and mouse to interact with a graphical desktop environment on a remote server. In this quickstart tutorial, you’ll set up a VNC server on an Ubuntu 20.04 server and connect to it securely through an SSH tunnel.

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Common Problems 117481

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS UFW Rules Applied but Traffic Still Blocked

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: 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 — gcc-10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gcc-10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7700-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4039 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the -fstack-protector hardening feature in GCC for AArch64 did not properly protect dynamically-sized local variables such as those created using […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6629-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45958 CVE-2022-31116 CVE-2022-31117 Upstream summary: USN-6629-1 fixed vulnerabilities in UltraJSON. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — ecdsautils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6239-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24884 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ECDSA Util did not properly verify certain signature values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification. […]

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Common Problems 117401

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS DNS Resolution Fails Intermittently

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 10 March 2023 Affected versions: 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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