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Ubuntu 18.04 — libpam-radius-auth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libpam-radius-auth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4290-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9542 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libpam-radius-auth incorrectly handled certain long passwords. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libpam-radius-auth to crash, resulting […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — evince — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — evince — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4024-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794848 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1788929 CVE-2019-11459 Upstream summary: As a security improvement, this update adjusts the AppArmor profile for the Evince thumbnailer to reduce access to the system and adjusts […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – Python pip install fails due to outdated certificates

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 30 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04.6 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 16.04 — commons-beanutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — commons-beanutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4766-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0114 CVE-2019-10086 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Commons BeanUtils improperly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to cause a crash or […]

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How To Secure Your OrientDB Database on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Secure Your OrientDB Database on Ubuntu 16.04

OrientDB is a multi-model, NoSQL database with support for document and graph databases. In this article, we’ll focus on securing an installation of the Community edition of OrientDB using only the resources available by default. Specifically, you’ll encrypt the OrientDB database, restrict access to the OrientDB web server and server instance, and manage OrientDB database accounts from both the web UI and console.

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How To Install Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Nginx is one of the most popular web servers in the world. It is extremely flexible and powerful and can be used to efficiently host sites and applications small or large sites and applications. In this guide we’ll cover how to install and set this up on an Ubuntu 14.04 server.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – UFW rules disappear after reboot – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 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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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – apt repositories moved to old-releases after EOL – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 July 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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