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

Ubuntu 16.04 — libofx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4523-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9656 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibOFX did not properly check for errors in certain situations, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker could […]

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How To Install and Configure Seafile on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure Seafile on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS

Seafile is a great way to share files between team members in a centralized location. As a DropBox alternative, you can easily sync local directories to the server and pull down changes on other clients. In this guide, we’ll cover how to install and configure the Seafile server on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS.

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — freetds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4173-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13508 Upstream summary: Felix Wilhelm discovered that FreeTDS incorrectly handled certain types after a protocol downgrade. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause FreeTDS to […]

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Common Problems 119064

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS rsyslog Stops Writing Logs

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 December 2019 📖 ~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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Common Problems 118501

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – apt fails behind proxy with Could not resolve security.ubuntu.com – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 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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How To Install Puppet To Manage Your Server Infrastructure — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Puppet To Manage Your Server Infrastructure

Puppet, from Puppet Labs, is a configuration management tool helps system administrators automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of a server infrastructure. Planning ahead and using config management tools like Puppet can cut down on time spent repeating basic…

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Common Problems 117986

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – root filesystem remounts read-only after ext4 journal errors – Fix & Prevention

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 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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