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How to Install InfluxDB and Telegraf on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install InfluxDB and Telegraf on RHEL 9

InfluxDB 2.x is a purpose-built time-series database that excels at storing high-cardinality metrics with millisecond precision, while Telegraf is its companion agent that collects metrics from hundreds of input plugins and writes them directly to InfluxDB. Together they form the “TIG stack” backbone when paired with Grafana for visualisation. On RHEL 9, both packages are […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — nautilus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — nautilus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 3.32.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — nautilus 3.32.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11461 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.20 ships nautilus 3.32.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-11461. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — opensc — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — opensc — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 October 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7346-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42780 CVE-2021-42782 CVE-2023-2977 CVE-2023-40660 CVE-2023-40661 CVE-2024-45615 CVE-2024-45616 CVE-2024-45617  +11 more Upstream summary: USN-7346-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSC. The update introduced a regression which broke smartcard based authentication. […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — libreswan — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — libreswan — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-2565)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 October 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-2565 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-2357 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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SLES 15 — libQt5Gui5 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libQt5Gui5 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 4 October 2024 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12267 CVE-2024-39936 CVE-2023-32763 CVE-2023-24607 CVE-2022-23853 CVE-2022-25255 CVE-2020-24741 CVE-2020-0569  +12 more Upstream summary: setMarkdown in Qt before 5.14.2 has a use-after-free related to QTextMarkdownImporter::insertBlock. Table of […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-20470)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 October 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-20470 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52572 CVE-2023-52621 CVE-2023-52757 CVE-2024-26686 CVE-2024-26739 CVE-2024-26952 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — umoci — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — umoci — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 0.4.7-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — umoci 0.4.7-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-29136 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.20 ships umoci 0.4.7-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-29136. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — netdata — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — netdata — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 1.43.2-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — netdata 1.43.2-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-44487 CVE-2024-32019 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.20 ships netdata 1.43.2-r1 which addresses CVE-2023-44487. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — gitolite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — gitolite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 3.6.11-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — gitolite 3.6.11-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20683 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.20 ships gitolite 3.6.11-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-20683. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

Debian 12 — macopix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8614 Upstream summary: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) conv_jistoeuc, (2) conv_euctojis, and (3) conv_sjistoeuc functions in codeconv.c in Claws Mail before 3.13.1 allow remote attackers to […]

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