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Ubuntu 18.04 — varnish — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — varnish — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7372-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-45060 CVE-2019-20637 CVE-2020-11653 CVE-2021-36740 CVE-2022-23959 Upstream summary: Martin van Kervel Smedshammer discovered that Varnish did not properly sanitize certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use […]

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How to Choose a Linux Distribution — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Choose a Linux Distribution

There are many Linux distributions available, each with their own maintainers, some backed by commercial providers and some not. For the purpose of running a cloud server, there are a few you should be aware of.

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libmatio — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libmatio — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6829-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1515 CVE-2019-17533 Upstream summary: It was discovered that matio incorrectly handled certain malformed files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — python-oauthlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — python-oauthlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5632-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-36087 Upstream summary: Sebastian Chnelik discovered that OAuthLib incorrectly handled certain redirect uris. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OAuthLib to crash, resulting […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — xz-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — xz-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5378-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1271 Upstream summary: USN-5378-2 fixed a vulnerability in XZ Utils. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Cleemy […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gerbv — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gerbv — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6760-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4508 CVE-2021-40391 CVE-2021-40393 CVE-2021-40394 CVE-2021-40400 CVE-2021-40401 CVE-2021-40403 Upstream summary: George-Andrei Iosif and David Fernandez Gonzalez discovered that Gerbv did not properly initialize a data structure when parsing […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS user cannot log in due to full home quota

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 21 May 2023 Affected versions: 16.04 📖 ~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 22.04 — opencv — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — opencv — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7247-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14493 CVE-2019-16249 CVE-2019-19624 CVE-2023-2617 CVE-2023-2618 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain XML data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. If a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — xrdp — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — xrdp — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 21 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6474-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23468 CVE-2022-23477 CVE-2022-23478 CVE-2022-23479 CVE-2022-23480 CVE-2022-23481 CVE-2022-23482 CVE-2022-23483  +6 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that xrdp incorrectly handled validation of client-supplied data, which could lead to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – Python virtualenv jobs fail after system Python package changes – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 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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