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Ubuntu 22.04 — xerces-c — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — xerces-c — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 April 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6590-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1311 CVE-2023-37536 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Xerces-C++ was not properly handling memory management operations when parsing XML data containing external DTDs, which could trigger a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-raspi2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-raspi2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 April 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6191-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2020279 CVE-2023-0459 CVE-2023-1118 CVE-2023-1513 CVE-2023-2162 CVE-2023-32269 CVE-2023-1829 CVE-2022-3903  +12 more Upstream summary: USN-6081-1, USN-6084-1, USN-6092-1 and USN-6095-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-url-parse — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-url-parse — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 April 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5973-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-3774 CVE-2020-8124 CVE-2021-27515 CVE-2021-3664 CVE-2022-0512 CVE-2022-0639 CVE-2022-0686 CVE-2022-0691 Upstream summary: It was discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — indent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 April 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6389-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40305 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Indent incorrectly handled parsing certain source files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — pdns — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 April 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7203-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1046 CVE-2018-10851 CVE-2018-14626 CVE-2018-14644 CVE-2020-17482 CVE-2022-27227 Upstream summary: Wei Hao discovered that PowerDNS Authoritative Server incorrectly handled memory when accessing certain files. An attacker could possibly use […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 April 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7529-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-33879 CVE-2022-30126 CVE-2022-30973 CVE-2020-1950 CVE-2020-1951 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — zlib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — zlib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 April 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5570-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-37434 CVE-2018-25032 Upstream summary: Evgeny Legerov discovered that zlib incorrectly handled memory when performing certain inflate operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause zlib to […]

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How To Install MySQL on Ubuntu 20.04 [Quickstart] — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install MySQL on Ubuntu 20.04 [Quickstart]

MySQL is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It implements the relational model and uses SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data. This tutorial will explain how to install MySQL on an Ubuntu 20.04 server.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – broken package dependencies block security updates – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 22 April 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 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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