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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Proxy Misconfiguration Breaks apt and curl

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2026 Affected versions: 20.04 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 26.04 LTS – Snap applications fail to start after core refresh – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 26.04 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 — rabbitmq-server — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — rabbitmq-server — 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-6265-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-4966 CVE-2019-11287 CVE-2021-22116 CVE-2016-9877 Upstream summary: It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain signed-in user credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libexif — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libexif — multiple vulnerabilities (12 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-4624-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0452 CVE-2020-0093 CVE-2020-0182 CVE-2020-0198 CVE-2020-13112 CVE-2020-13113 CVE-2020-13114 CVE-2018-20030  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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How To Configure vsftpd to Use SSL/TLS on an Ubuntu VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure vsftpd to Use SSL/TLS on an Ubuntu VPS

FTP was a popular way to transfer to files between local and remote computers. Although its use has fallen out of favor due to security concerns, there are some steps that you can take to increase the security of this protocol. In this guide, we will demonstrate how to configure the vsftpd server to user SSL/TLS connections to encrypt data transfer.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — open-iscsi — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — open-iscsi — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6259-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13987 CVE-2020-13988 CVE-2020-17437 Upstream summary: Jos Wetzels, Stanislav Dashevskyi, and Amine Amri discovered that Open-iSCSI incorrectly handled certain checksums for IP packets. An attacker could possibly use […]

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