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How To Set Up Time Synchronization on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Time Synchronization on Ubuntu 16.04

Accurate timekeeping has become a critical component of modern software deployments. Whether it’s making sure logs are recorded in the right order or database updates are applied correctly, out-of-sync time can cause errors, data corruption, and other hard to debug…

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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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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 18.04 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6824-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40633 CVE-2022-28506 CVE-2023-39742 CVE-2016-3977 CVE-2018-11490 CVE-2019-15133 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — cryptojs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6753-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-46233 Upstream summary: Thomas Neil James Shadwell discovered that CryptoJS was using an insecure cryptographic default configuration. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to expose […]

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How To Secure Consul with TLS Encryption on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Secure Consul with TLS Encryption on Ubuntu 14.04

Consul is a flexible service discovery system that can be used to keep track of the existence and health of services available in your infrastructure. In previous guides, we discussed how to set up the base Consul system. In this guide, we will demonstrate how to secure the communications between different components using TLS to encrypt traffic.

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Common Problems 118511

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – network settings reset leaves server without persistent DNS – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 11 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 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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