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Common Problems 117013

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – ext4 filesystem remounts read-only under I/O errors – Fix & Prevention

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 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 20.04 — libhtml-stripscripts-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libhtml-stripscripts-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6100-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-24038 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTML::StripScripts does not properly parse HTML content with certain style attributes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — openstack-trove — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — openstack-trove — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6245-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2028680 Upstream summary: Adam Bell discovered that Trove incorrectly handled arguments to the backup command. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. […]

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Common Problems 116889

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – apt update fails because dpkg lock is held

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 22.04.4 📖 ~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 […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — nova — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — nova — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5866-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9543 CVE-2017-18191 CVE-2020-17376 CVE-2021-3654 CVE-2022-37394 CVE-2022-47951 CVE-2019-14433 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Nova did not properly manage data logged into the log file. An attacker with […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — neutron — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6067-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20267 CVE-2021-38598 CVE-2021-40085 CVE-2021-40797 CVE-2022-3277 Upstream summary: David Sinquin discovered that OpenStack Neutron incorrectly handled the default Open vSwitch firewall rules. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — node-url-parse — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — node-url-parse — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~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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Common Problems 118098

Ubuntu 18.04 Netplan Configuration Ignored on Boot

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 January 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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How To Protect SSH with Fail2Ban on Ubuntu 22.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Protect SSH with Fail2Ban on Ubuntu 22.04

Fail2ban is a service that can be run on your server to dynamically block clients that repeatedly fail to authenticate correctly with your services . This can help mitigate the affect of brute force attacks and illegitimate users of your services. In this guide, we’ll demonstrate how to install and configure fail2ban to protect SSH on an Ubuntu 22.04 server.

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