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I'm running Webhost manager on Ubuntu 20.4 (cpanel's supported version) but I only have the "BlueHost version" to patch this vulnerability. Cloudlinux has several methods, Is there a fix on the way from cPanel for this issue?

I recently updated my server kernal with yum update. I then Gracefully Rebooted the server. Now when I perform an Security Audit I receive the following error. "Kernel does not support the prevention of symlink ownership attacks. " I previously had KernalCare Free Symlink protection turned on...

Error message received from csf. Trying to dig into this and some older articles reference cpanel but honestly, it's above my pay grade. Maybe someone can shed some light? Time: Wed Dec 30 14:06:02 2020 -0500 File: /tmp/mysql.sock Reason: Suspicious symlink...

Sorry guys I read endless threads about this and think I know the answer but I'm not sure. This is my first time trying to set this up. Summary of system: So running a GoDaddy VPS on CentOS 7.9 (3.10.0-1160.6.1.el7.x86_64) / EasyApache 4 / v90.0.17 uname -r = 3.10.0-1160.6.1.el7.x86_64...

Hi, Yesterday I bought a VPS plan with cPanel in CentOS 7 64 bit. Today, I tried to apply the KernelCare patch to address the "symlink race condition vulnerability". This is advised by cPanel here: https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/EA4/Symlink+Race+Condition+Protection The problem is...

Hi /etc/redhat-release:CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) /usr/local/cpanel/version:11.78.0.12 /var/cpanel/envtype:standard CPANEL=release I have a 2nd hard disk - /dev/sdb1 - that is mounted as /backup (/dev/sdb1 on /backup type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)) I have created one directory...

Is this my fault as a website owner? Perhaps someone here can answer. I have no idea. I have been having problems with my website served on a dedicated managed server at Hostgator (to say the least). I got very annoyed when yesterday finally my website actually went down as something was...

I've been struggling with transfering accounts from one WHM account to the other, because mail folders are huge. In that process I've created and terminated some accounts multiple times. The last thing I was trying was to create a backup from cPanel, excluding mail/new mail/cur folders. All...

Michael if you read this, the issue in SOLVED - Kernel does not support the prevention of symlink ownership attacks came back after I ran yum update tonight when being advised of a kernel update... Will I see this after EVERY yum update? How do I resolve it. Yes I ran Yum Update and have the...

I am a bit lost here. I've created a symlink to avoid having to have duplicate content for two very similar sites. ln -s /home/user/public_html/addon1.com/assets/ /home/user/public_html/addon2.com/assets The symlink is owned by the user. However whenever I try to access the addon2.com/assets...

I am getting error via Security Advisor. Also enabled jailshell and EXPERIMENTAL: Jailshell Virtual Hosts using mod_ruid2 but this error still are showing. Please let me know, How to fixing on this issue? Apache Symlink Protection: the Bluehost provided Apache patch is in effect It appears...

Hi, I have a dedicated server that is running out of space in the home parition. I was wondering if I can symlink a folder in CPanel to the back up partition where I have a lot of free space available. I tried it but the user stays as root even when I try to change it so the cpanel user can't...

I am trying to access the current (active) raw access logs in cPanel through SSH. For that, I found out that the access-logs symlink: lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 34 Aug 6 03:00 access-logs -> /usr/local/apache/domlogs/user needs to be zipped. Zip is installed on the server but I am unable to zip...

Hi, I'm trying to migrate for a new dedicated server and I've encountered a few setbacks with suPHP as I did not have it before, but I would like to try and keep suPHP enabled since not all accounts in my server belongs to myself and it offers an extra security to my customers. On the other...

Hello, i am using WHM version 11.56 i am having an issue with executing scripts inside /scripts directory. if i try to execute the backup command from /scripts/pkgacct i get the error /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/perl: symbol lookup error...

I need to create a symlink to a directory in a different cpanel account (different home directory). Regardless of how I create it (and with what user), the symlink'd directory is unavailable for the account user. I have gone into Service Configuration » Apache Configuration » Global...

I recently dropped Ruid2 in favour of SUphp with Race Symlink Protection, due to some conflicts with OWASP. When I had Ruid2, i connected to FTP using the root password, and drop them inside a users public_html folder, we could then open the newly ftp'd files via a browser. eg pdf's. Now when...

Hello, I've noticed that in 11.44.17 when creating a new user account via WHM, the access-logs symlink is no longer being created, nor is it created when restoring a cpmove or backup from a server that did have the symlink. I cannot find any mention of access-logs in the changelog, was...

Hi I have symlink's on my site from years. Lately I noticed that if I clicked on the symlink using ftp I will get error: 550 test: No such file or directory But on my web the symlink still work fine. But the normal symlink that comes with my site like @www for public_html is working...

Hi all, On a running cpanel system would it be safe to move /usr/share to another partition and create a symlink for /usr/share -> /home/usr/share ? Thanks