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FreeBSD 15 — rubygem-jquery-rails — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — rubygem-jquery-rails — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygem-rails — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1840 CVE-2015-3224 CVE-2015-3225 CVE-2015-3226 CVE-2015-3227 Upstream summary: Ruby on Rails blog: Rails 3.2.22, 4.1.11 and 4.2.2 have been released, along with web console and […]

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How to Configure Collectd on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Collectd on FreeBSD 15

Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure collectd on FreeBSD 15 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 distribution. This guide walks through […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — rawtherapee — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — rawtherapee — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2026-24808 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged rawtherapee<5.12 for vulnerability class 'integer-overflow'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24808 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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Debian 13 — mdadm — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — mdadm — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 June 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-5220 CVE-2023-28736 CVE-2023-28938 Upstream summary: The mdcheck script of the mdadm package for openSUSE 13.2 prior to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 does not properly sanitize device names, which allows local […]

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FreeBSD 15 — gdcm — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — gdcm — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gdcm — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8396 CVE-2015-8397 Upstream summary: CENSUS S.A. reports: GDCM versions 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 (and possibly previous versions) are prone to an integer overflow vulnerability which […]

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Debian 13 — ruby-mail — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — ruby-mail — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 June 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2139 CVE-2012-2140 CVE-2015-9097 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem before 2.4.4 for Ruby allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. […]

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Debian 13 — smplayer — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — smplayer — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 June 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2891 CVE-2017-2892 CVE-2017-2893 CVE-2017-2894 CVE-2017-2895 CVE-2017-2909 CVE-2017-2921 CVE-2017-2922  +3 more Upstream summary: An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP server implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An ordinary […]

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How to Set Up File Integrity Monitoring with mtree on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up File Integrity Monitoring with mtree on FreeBSD 15

Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up file integrity monitoring with mtree on FreeBSD 15 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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FreeBSD 15 — py27-supervisor — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — py27-supervisor — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Supervisord — An authenticated client can run arbitrary shell commands via malicious XML-RPC requests Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11610 Upstream summary: mnaberez reports: supervisord can be configured to run an HTTP server […]

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Debian 13 — rust-rustix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — rust-rustix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 June 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2024-43806 Upstream summary: Rustix is a set of safe Rust bindings to POSIX-ish APIs. When using `rustix::fs::Dir` using the `linux_raw` backend, it's possible for the iterator to "get stuck" […]

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