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Ubuntu 16.04 — cpanminus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — cpanminus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5230-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16154 Upstream summary: It was discovered that App::cpanminus did not properly verify CHECKSUMS files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification, gaining access […]

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Common Problems 117479

Ubuntu 20.04 NVIDIA driver install or upgrade issues

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 📖 ~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 — tomcat7 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — tomcat7 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7282-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12616 CVE-2017-12617 CVE-2019-0221 CVE-2020-9484 CVE-2021-25329 CVE-2016-5388 CVE-2018-1336 CVE-2015-5174  +7 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled being configured with HTTP PUTs enabled. A remote […]

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Common Problems 118922

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS apt-get update fails with NO_PUBKEY errors

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: 14.04 14.04.6 📖 ~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 — ca-certificates — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — ca-certificates — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7034-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2081875 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2020089 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1998785 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1976631 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1944481 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1914064 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1900727 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1881533 Upstream summary: The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in […]

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How To Use Ansible to Install and Set Up WordPress with LAMP on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Ansible to Install and Set Up WordPress with LAMP on Ubuntu 18.04

This guide explains how to use Ansible to automate the steps contained in our guide on How To Install WordPress with LAMP on Ubuntu 18.04. WordPress is the most popular CMS (content management system) on the internet, allowing users to set up flexible blogs and websites on top of a MySQL backend with PHP processing. After setup, almost all administration can be done through the web frontend.

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Ubuntu 16.04 — dojo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — dojo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7569-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23450 CVE-2020-4051 CVE-2019-10785 CVE-2018-15494 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Dojo did not correctly handle DataGrids. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. […]

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