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Ubuntu 20.04 — fail2ban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — fail2ban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 December 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5232-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32749 Upstream summary: Jakub Żoczek discovered that certain Fail2ban actions handled whois responses in an insecure way. If Fail2ban was configured to use certain mail actions like […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — python-bleach — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — python-bleach — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 December 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8077-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-6816 CVE-2021-23980 CVE-2018-7753 CVE-2020-6802 CVE-2020-6817 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bleach did not properly sanitize URI attributes containing character entities. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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How to Set Up a Jekyll Development Site on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Jekyll Development Site on Ubuntu 16.04

Jekyll is a static-site generator that provides some of the benefits of a Content Management System (CMS) while avoiding the performance and security issues introduced by such database-driven sites. In this tutorial, we will install a Jekyll 3.7.3 development site on Ubuntu 16.04. In later tutorials, we’ll explore the content generated here, publish a static site to the same server, and eventually deploy to a production location.

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Cómo instalar Nginx en Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Cómo instalar Nginx en Ubuntu 20.04

Nginx es uno de los servidores web más populares del mundo y aloja algunos de los sitios más grandes y con mayor tráfico en Internet. Es una opción ligera que se puede utilizar como servidor web o proxy inverso. En esta guía, explicaremos cómo…

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Backup Jobs Fail from Expired SSH Host Keys

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 December 2021 Affected versions: 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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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – UFW blocks SSH access unexpectedly

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 12 December 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu 16.04.7 📖 ~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 — flask-security — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — flask-security — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 December 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6792-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23385 Upstream summary: Naom Moshe discovered that Flask-Security incorrectly validated URLs. An attacker could use this issue to redirect users to arbitrary URLs. Table of contents Symptom […]

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