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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS unattended-upgrades hangs and blocks dpkg lock

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 May 2023 📖 ~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 — fdkaac — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — fdkaac — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7660-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-34823 CVE-2022-37781 CVE-2022-36148 CVE-2023-34824 Upstream summary: It was discovered that fdkaac did not correctly handle certain input. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — exuberant-ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — exuberant-ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5820-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4515 Upstream summary: Lorenz Hipp discovered a flaw in exuberant-ctags handling of the tag filename command-line argument. A crafted tag filename specified in the command line or […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — faad2 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — faad2 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6313-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32272 CVE-2021-32273 CVE-2021-32274 CVE-2021-32276 CVE-2021-32277 CVE-2021-32278 CVE-2023-38857 CVE-2023-38858 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FAAD2 incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were […]

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Установка и использование Composer в Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Установка и использование Composer в Ubuntu 20.04

Composer — это популярный менеджер зависимостей PHP, который упрощает процесс установки и обновления зависимостей проекта. Он проверяет, от каких прочих пакетов зависит конкретный проект, а затем устанавливает все необходимые версии пакетов в…

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How To Install and Secure Memcached on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Secure Memcached on Ubuntu 16.04

Memory object caching systems like Memcached can optimize backend database performance by temporarily storing information in memory, retaining frequently or recently requested records. In this guide, we will cover how to protect your Memcached server by binding your installation to a local or private interface and creating an authorized user for your Memcached instance.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — cargo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — cargo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6275-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-38497 Upstream summary: Addison Crump discovered that Cargo incorrectly set file permissions on UNIX-like systems when extracting crate archives. If the crate would contain files writable by […]

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Common Problems 118434

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS systemd service stuck in crash loop

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 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 20.04 — cmark-gfm — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — cmark-gfm — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7319-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-39209 CVE-2023-22483 CVE-2023-22484 CVE-2023-22486 CVE-2023-26485 Upstream summary: It was discovered that cmark-gfm's autolink extension did not correctly handle parsing large inputs. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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