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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – apt update fails because dpkg lock is held

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04.6 📖 ~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 […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — xdg-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — xdg-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4649-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1909941 CVE-2020-27748 Upstream summary: USN-4649-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xdg-utils. That update caused a regression by removing the –attach functionality in thunderbird and others applications. This update fix […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — ldb — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4888-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27840 CVE-2021-20277 CVE-2019-3824 Upstream summary: Douglas Bagnall discovered that ldb, when used with Samba, incorrectly handled certain LDAP attributes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Установка Docker Compose в Ubuntu 20.04 [Краткое руководство] — step-by-step Docker tutorial on Progressive Robot

Установка Docker Compose в Ubuntu 20.04 [Краткое руководство]

В этом кратком руководстве мы расскажем об установке Docker Compose на сервере под управлением Ubuntu 20.04. Более детальный вариант настоящего руководства с подробным разъяснениями каждого шага можно найти в статье [«Установка и…

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How To Create a High Availability Setup with Heartbeat and Reserved IPs on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Create a High Availability Setup with Heartbeat and Reserved IPs on Ubuntu 16.04

Heartbeat is an open source program that provides cluster infrastructure capabilities—cluster membership and messaging—to client servers, which is a critical component in a high availability (HA) server infrastructure. Heartbeat is typically used in conjunction with a cluster resource manager (CRM), such as Pacemaker, to achieve a complete HA setup. However, in this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a 2-node HA server setup by simply using Heartbeat and a the cloud provider Reserved IP.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — audacity — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — audacity — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7211-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11867 Upstream summary: Mike Salvatore discovered that Audacity incorrectly handled default permissions of temporary files created by the application. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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How To Install And Configure mod_deflate On Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install And Configure mod_deflate On Ubuntu 14.04

Mod\_deflate is an Apache module which allows output from your web server to be compressed before being sent to the client. Once the size of your site content is compressed, its size is smaller, and clients are able to download it faster. This is valuable not only for clients with lower bandwidth, but it is also taken into consideration by search engines when evaluating your site performance and its page rank.

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