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Common Problems 118930

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – dist-upgrade aborts with held broken packages

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 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 […]

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Common Problems 117521

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – systemd service fails with status=203/EXEC – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 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 20.04 — python-rsa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-rsa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4478-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13757 Upstream summary: USN-4478-1 fixed a vulnerability in Python-RSA. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. Original […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — horizon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4675-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-29565 Upstream summary: Pritam Singh discovered that OpenStack Horizon incorrectly validated certain parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenStack Horizon to redirect to […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — adminer — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5271-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35572 CVE-2021-21311 CVE-2021-29625 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Adminer did not escape data in the history parameter of the default URI. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — php-nette — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — php-nette — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5983-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15227 Upstream summary: Cyku Hong discovered that Nette was not properly handling and validating data used for code generation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — openldap — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — openldap — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 January 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7713-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27212 CVE-2020-36229 CVE-2020-36230 CVE-2020-36226 CVE-2020-36221 CVE-2020-36224 CVE-2020-36228 CVE-2020-36227  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled X.509 DN parsing. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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