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Ubuntu 16.04 — opensmtpd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — opensmtpd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-4875-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7247 CVE-2020-8793 CVE-2020-8794 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenSMTPD incorrectly verified the sender's or receiver's e-mail addresses under certain conditions. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — pcre3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — pcre3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5425-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20838 CVE-2020-14155 Upstream summary: Yunho Kim discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled memory when handling certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications […]

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Einrichten einer Firewall mit UFW unter Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Einrichten einer Firewall mit UFW unter Ubuntu 20.04

UFW (oder Uncomplicated Firewall) ist eine vereinfachte Firewall-Verwaltungsschnittstelle, die die Komplexität von Paketfilterungstechnologie auf niedriger Ebene wie iptables und nftables versteckt. Wenn Sie mit dem Sichern Ihres Netzwerks beginnen möchten und Sie nicht…

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How To Optimize Your Tomcat Installation on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Optimize Your Tomcat Installation on Ubuntu 14.04

Tomcat is a popular implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. It is released by the Apache Software Foundation under the popular Apache open source license. Its powerful features, favorable license, and great community makes it one of the best and most preferred Java servlets.

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — awl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4539-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11728 Upstream summary: Andrew Bartlett discovered that DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries (AWL) did not properly manage session keys. An attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — salt — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — salt — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6948-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16846 CVE-2020-17490 CVE-2020-25592 CVE-2020-28243 CVE-2020-28972 CVE-2020-35662 CVE-2021-25281 CVE-2021-25282  +9 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — mc — 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-5160-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-36370 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Midnight Commander would not check server fingerprints when establishing an SFTP connection. If a remote attacker were able to intercept […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS kernel panic drops to initramfs shell

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2026 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 20.04 — yara — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — yara — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8080-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19976 CVE-2017-9304 CVE-2018-19974 CVE-2017-8294 CVE-2018-12034 CVE-2017-8929 CVE-2021-45429 CVE-2017-11328  +9 more Upstream summary: Kamil Frankowicz discovered that a number of YARA's functions generated memory exceptions when processing specially […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — opendmarc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — opendmarc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-6356-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12272 CVE-2020-12460 Upstream summary: Jianjun Chen, Vern Paxson and Jian Jiang discovered that OpenDMARC incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked […]

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