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

Ubuntu 18.04 — npm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4785-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3956 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the npm command-line interface mishandled certain sensitive information. An attacker could use this vulnerability to collect authentication information that could […]

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How To Install Pligg CMS 2.0.x on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Pligg CMS 2.0.x on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS

This tutorial will show how to install and configure Pligg CMS 2.0.x on Ubuntu Server 12.04.x. Pligg CMS is an open source content management system that allows you to create on online community where users can submit articles, vote on them, and leave comments.

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — gcab — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3546-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5345 Upstream summary: Richard Hughes discovered that gcab incorrectly handled certain malformed cabinet files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — mercurial — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — mercurial — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5102-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3902 CVE-2018-17983 Upstream summary: USN-5102-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mercurial. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — elfutils — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — elfutils — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6322-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16062 CVE-2018-16403 CVE-2018-18310 CVE-2018-18520 CVE-2018-18521 CVE-2019-7149 CVE-2019-7150 CVE-2019-7665  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that elfutils incorrectly handled certain malformed files. If a user or automated […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – /var fills with logs and stops critical services – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 9 June 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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How To Automate Deployment Using CircleCI and GitHub on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Automate Deployment Using CircleCI and GitHub on Ubuntu 18.04

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) is a development practice that allows software teams to build, test, and deploy applications easier and quicker on multiple platforms. CircleCI is a popular automation platform that allows you to build and maintain CI/CD workflows for your projects. In this tutorial, you’ll go through the steps to set up a sample Node.js app for auto-deployment on an Ubuntu 18.04 server using CircleCI.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS SSL Certificate Renewal Script Fails

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 8 June 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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Ubuntu 18.04 — libxmlrpc3-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libxmlrpc3-java — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 June 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4496-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17570 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) does not properly deserialize untrusted data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary […]

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