Tübingen

[de.NBI Cloud Tuebingen Production] denbi.uni-tuebingen Dashboard not accessible around 5pm

11.05.2026 - 15:55
Dear de.NBI Cloud Tübingen Users,

Unfortunately, our dashboard page (https://denbi.uni-tuebingen.de/) was temporarily unavailable around 5:00 p.m. Your virtual machines were not affected. We have already identified the issue and implemented a solution; the dashboard is now accessible again. … Read more...

[de.NBI Cloud Tuebingen Production] Security Warnings - Dirty defrag and Apache CVEs

08.05.2026 - 09:38
Dear de.NBI Cloud Tübingen users,

information about another Linux kernel LPE was released: https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag,
which is very similar to the Copy Fail vulnerability:

Your systems are especially vulnerabale if you have (less trustworthy) local users (like in a Slurm c… Read more...

[de.NBI Cloud Tuebingen Production] Copy Fail Maintenance today at 1PM

04.05.2026 - 10:02
Dear de.NBI Cloud Tübingen users,

following up on the "[de.NBI Cloud Tuebingen Production] Security Warning - Copy Fail Vulnerability" mail last Thursday, we want to announce a maintenance today at 1PM CEST. Your Virtual Machines (VMs) will not be reachable for a short amount of time, but th… Read more...

[de.NBI Cloud Tuebingen Production] Security Warning - Copy Fail Vulnerability

30.04.2026 - 11:00
Dear de.NBI Cloud Tübingen users,

researchers discovered another Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability referred to as _Copy Fail_ (CVE-2026-31431) which affects recent, unpatched Linux kernels.
As far as we know only rolling release Linux distribution have patched kernels yet.

S… Read more...

[de.NBI Cloud Tuebingen Production] network maintenance successful

29.04.2026 - 15:00
Dear de.NBI Cloud Tübingen users,

the maintenance was successful and the IPv6 records of our public service endpoints are now active.
Our own extended testing revealed no problems.
Should you experience problems (which we might not be able to simulate/detect), please tell us and we'll … Read more...