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FreeBSD 14 — nwclient — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — nwclient — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nwclient — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2001-0910 CVE-2002-0113 CVE-2002-0114 Upstream summary: Insecure file permissions, network access control and DNS usage put systems that use Legato NetWorker at risk. When the […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — tunapie — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — tunapie — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1254 CVE-2009-1253 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged tunapie<2.1.16 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1254 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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FreeBSD 14 — ja-netscape-navigator-linux — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — ja-netscape-navigator-linux — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libpng stack-based buffer overflow and other code concerns Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0597 CVE-2004-0598 CVE-2004-0599 Upstream summary: Chris Evans has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in libpng, which can be exploited by malicious people […]

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FreeBSD 14 — qt5-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — qt5-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Qt5 — QProcess unexpected search path Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25255 Upstream summary: The Qt Company reports: Recently, the Qt Project's security team was made aware of an issue regarding QProcess and […]

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How to Configure MySQL Primary-Replica Replication on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure MySQL Primary-Replica Replication on FreeBSD 14

Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure mysql primary-replica replication on freebsd 14 on FreeBSD 14 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]

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Alpine Linux 3.19 — binutils-cross-embedded — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

Alpine Linux 3.19 — binutils-cross-embedded — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 2.37-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — binutils-cross-embedded 2.37-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35448 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.19 ships binutils-cross-embedded 2.37-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-35448. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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FreeBSD 14 — qutebrowser — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — qutebrowser — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qutebrowser — Reloading page with certificate errors shows a green URL Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10895 CVE-2020-11054 Upstream summary: Qutebrowser developers report: After a certificate error was overridden by the user, qutebrowser […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — ja-squirrelmail-1.2.6* — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — ja-squirrelmail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged ja-squirrelmail for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0152 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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FreeBSD 14 — gr-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — gr-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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How to Tune Kernel Parameters with sysctl on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Tune Kernel Parameters with sysctl on FreeBSD 14

Introduction Deploying tune kernel parameters with sysctl on freebsd 14 on a FreeBSD 14 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the […]

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