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Ubuntu 16.04 — libpodofo — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libpodofo — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7217-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5886 CVE-2018-11255 CVE-2018-12983 CVE-2018-20797 CVE-2018-5308 CVE-2018-8002 CVE-2019-10723 CVE-2020-18971  +2 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the PoDoFo library could dereference a NULL pointer when getting the […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — jquery — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — jquery — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7622-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11023 CVE-2019-11358 CVE-2020-11022 CVE-2012-6708 Upstream summary: It was discovered that jQuery did not correctly handle HTML tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – sudo reports unable to resolve host

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 August 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 20.04.6 📖 ~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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How To Install the Lita Chat Bot for IRC on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install the Lita Chat Bot for IRC on Ubuntu 14.04

Many modern DevOps teams are putting more and more infrastructure around the chatroom. One of the main motivations behind this chatroom infrastructure is because of chatroom bots, which DevOps teams use to help get their work done faster and more efficiently. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the steps to install Lita on your own Ubuntu server, connect it to a IRC channel, and start installing plugins.

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Ubuntu 16.04 snap applications fail to launch

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 July 2020 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — cairo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — cairo — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8140-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35492 CVE-2017-9814 CVE-2019-6462 CVE-2019-6461 Upstream summary: Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Cairo did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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