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Common Problems 118420

Ubuntu 16.04 Bluetooth device not detected

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 June 2021 📖 ~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 18.04 — libtar — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libtar — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7398-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33643 CVE-2021-33644 CVE-2021-33645 CVE-2021-33646 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libtar may perform out-of-bounds reads when processing specially crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — nettle — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — nettle — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4990-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16869 CVE-2021-3580 CVE-2021-20305 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled RSA decryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nettle to crash, […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — tor — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — tor — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5036-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8955 CVE-2021-28089 CVE-2021-28090 CVE-2021-34548 CVE-2021-34549 CVE-2021-34550 CVE-2021-38385 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tor incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to […]

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How To Upgrade to PHP 7 on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Upgrade to PHP 7 on Ubuntu 14.04

PHP 7.0 was released on December 3, 2015. It promises substantial speed improvements over previous versions of the language, along with new features like scalar type hinting. This guide explains how to quickly upgrade a PHP 5.x installation on an Ubuntu 14.04 system with Apache or Nginx, using community-provided packages.

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How To Fix Corrupted Tables in MySQL — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Fix Corrupted Tables in MySQL

Occasionally, MySQL tables can become corrupted, meaning that an error has occurred and the data held within them is unreadable. Attempts to read from a corrupted table will usually lead to the server crashing. Some common causes of corrupted tables are: The MySQL server stops in middle…

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Common Problems 117454

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Repository Does Not Have a Release File

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 2021 📖 ~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 16.04 — firefox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — firefox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 28 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4926-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23994 CVE-2021-23995 CVE-2021-23996 CVE-2021-23997 CVE-2021-23998 CVE-2021-23999 CVE-2021-24000 CVE-2021-24001  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a […]

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