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Oracle Linux 9 — grafana-pcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — grafana-pcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-9472)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 October 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-9472 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-34156 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python3.12-urllib3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python3.12-urllib3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-8842)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 October 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-8842 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-37891 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — bubblewrap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — bubblewrap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 October 2024 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2024:9449 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-42472 Upstream summary: Bubblewrap (/usr/bin/bwrap) is a core execution engine for unprivileged containers that works as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces. Security Fix(es): * flatpak: […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — py3-dask — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — py3-dask — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 2022.2.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — py3-dask 2022.2.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42343 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships py3-dask 2022.2.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-42343. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Configure Unattended Upgrades on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Unattended Upgrades on Ubuntu 24.04

unattended-upgrades automatically downloads and installs security updates so your Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server stays protected without manual intervention. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges An email address for notifications (optional) Step 1 – Install unattended-upgrades Install or confirm the package is present: sudo apt […]

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AlmaLinux 9 — libgcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — libgcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2024:9404 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-2236 Upstream summary: The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms. Security Fix(es): * libgcrypt: vulnerable to Marvin Attack (CVE-2024-2236) For more details about the security issue(s), […]

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Debian 12 — gbrowse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — gbrowse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-32637 Upstream summary: GBrowse accepts files with any formats uploaded and places them in the area accessible through unauthenticated web requests. Therefore, anyone who can upload files through […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — freeglut — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — freeglut — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2024:3120 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-24258 CVE-2024-24259 Upstream summary: freeglut is a completely open source alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library with an OSI approved free software license. Security Fix(es): * freeglut: […]

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Debian 12 — datatables.js — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — datatables.js — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6584 CVE-2021-23445 Upstream summary: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plugin 1.10.8 and earlier for jQuery allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via […]

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Debian 12 — python-aiosmtpd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — python-aiosmtpd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2024-27305 CVE-2024-34083 Upstream summary: aiosmtpd is a reimplementation of the Python stdlib smtpd.py based on asyncio. aiosmtpd is vulnerable to inbound SMTP smuggling. SMTP smuggling is a novel […]

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