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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – SSL certificate validation fails due to outdated CA store – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 October 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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Ubuntu 16.04 webcam not working in video apps

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 October 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 117996

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – disk full under /var/log causes service failures – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 October 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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Ubuntu 14.04 — librabbitmq — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — librabbitmq — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4214-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18609 Upstream summary: It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 Audio Output Missing After Restart

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 September 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 117908

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – unattended-upgrades causes sustained CPU usage – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 September 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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Ubuntu 18.04 — ec2-hibinit-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ec2-hibinit-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6519-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1941785 Upstream summary: The EC2 hibagent package has been updated to add IMDSv2 support, as IMDSv1 uses an insecure protocol and is no longer recommended. Table of […]

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How to Fix Python `No such file or directory` Compiler Errors When Installing Packages — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Fix Python `No such file or directory` Compiler Errors When Installing Packages

A common error that you may receive when installing Python modules is the `No such file or directory` error. This error results from Python trying to call your system compiler during module installation, and – because the paths to your system compiler are often hardcoded into Python itself – not finding the compiler files it needs. This tutorial will provide an example of this error, and the steps to fix it on multiple platforms.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — zipios++ — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — zipios++ — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4057-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13453 Upstream summary: Mike Salvatore discovered that Zipios mishandled certain malformed ZIP files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or consume […]

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