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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 September 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4632-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7039 CVE-2020-8608 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU emulator did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. An attacker could […]

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How To Run A Meteor App Securely With Sandstorm on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Run A Meteor App Securely With Sandstorm on Ubuntu 14.04

Meteor is a framework for JavaScript that allows web developers to write JavaScript code once and reuse it both client- and server-side. Sandstorm is an open source platform for personal servers, which means that it can be used to install many different apps on one server with a very easy to use interface. In this tutorial, you’ll see how to install the app and then create multiple app instances.

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Common Problems 117511

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – persistent high iowait caused by background apt jobs – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 September 2020 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 18.04 — spice-vdagent — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — spice-vdagent — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 September 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4617-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25650 CVE-2020-25651 CVE-2020-25652 CVE-2020-25653 Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner discovered that SPICE vdagent incorrectly handled the active_xfers hash table. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libmediainfo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 September 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5237-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15395 CVE-2020-26797 Upstream summary: It was discovered that MediaInfoLib incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of […]

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How To Set Up an SSL Tunnel Using Stunnel on Ubuntu — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up an SSL Tunnel Using Stunnel on Ubuntu

The Stunnel program is designed to work as an SSL encryption wrapper between remote client and local (inetd-startable) or remote server. It can be used to add SSL functionality to commonly used inetd daemons like POP2, POP3, and IMAP servers without any changes in the program’s code. What Stunnel basically does is that it turns any insecure TCP port into a secure encrypted port using OpenSSL package for cryptography.

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 September 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5389-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7960 CVE-2017-8834 CVE-2017-8871 CVE-2020-12825 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly accessing data structures when reading bytes from memory, which could cause a heap buffer […]

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Common Problems 119042

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS MySQL service fails to start after crash

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 September 2020 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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