How To Install the Apache Web Server on Ubuntu (UBUNTU-20-04)
Learn how to install and configure the Apache web server on Ubuntu. Including setup, virtual hosts, starting the server, and basic testing.
Ubuntu 20.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 29 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5673-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4217 CVE-2022-0529 CVE-2022-0530 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1957077 Upstream summary: It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening […]
Ubuntu 20.04 — fish — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 28 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5367-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-20001 Upstream summary: Justin Steven discovered that fish was not properly filtering local git configuration directives when running background git commands. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly […]
Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 28 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5547-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31607 CVE-2022-31608 CVE-2022-31615 CVE-2022-21813 CVE-2022-21814 Upstream summary: Le Wu discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers did not properly perform input validation in some situations. A local user […]
Ubuntu 20.04 — libksba — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 19 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5787-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-47629 CVE-2022-3515 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled parsing CRL signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to crash, resulting […]
Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 14 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5547-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31607 CVE-2022-31608 CVE-2022-31615 Upstream summary: Le Wu discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers did not properly perform input validation in some situations. A local user could use […]
Ubuntu 20.04 — golang-1.16 — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 11 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6038-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1705 CVE-2022-27664 CVE-2022-28131 CVE-2022-2879 CVE-2022-2880 CVE-2022-29526 CVE-2022-30629 CVE-2022-30630 +10 more Upstream summary: USN-6038-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Go 1.18. This update provides the corresponding updates for Go […]
How To Create Views for Django Web Development
In this tutorial, we will create Django views that enable our web application to properly handle web requests and return the required web responses. As defined in the Django docs, a web response can be the HTML content of a Web page, a redirect, or an HTTP error.
Ubuntu 20.04 — linux-intel-5.13 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 28 August 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5485-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21123 CVE-2022-21125 CVE-2022-21166 CVE-2022-1158 CVE-2022-1966 CVE-2022-1972 CVE-2022-21499 CVE-2022-24958 +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on multi-core […]
How To Set Up an Endlessh Tarpit on Ubuntu 22.04
When looking at authentication logs, you might see several failed login attempts from various IP addresses that often .come from a node on a botnet. While you may not be able to stop these attacks, you can slow them down with tarpits. In this tutorial, you will install and configure Endlessh, a tarpit that slowly sends an infinitely long banner to any user attempting login, as well as configure the SSH service to run on a different port.
