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FreeBSD 13 — gcpio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — gcpio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: GNU cpio — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9112 CVE-2015-1197 CVE-2016-2037 CVE-2019-14866 Upstream summary: Sergey Poznyakoff reports: This stable release fixes several potential vulnerabilities CVE-2015-1197: cpio, when using the –no-absolute-filenames option, […]

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FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-curl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-curl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cURL — inappropriate GSSAPI delegation Related CVEs: CVE-2011-2192 Upstream summary: cURL reports: When doing GSSAPI authentication, libcurl unconditionally performs credential delegation. This hands the server a copy of the client's […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — checkpolicy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — checkpolicy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2019:3537 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — vim-ruby — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — vim-ruby — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: vim — Vim Shell Command Injection Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-2953 CVE-2008-2712 Upstream summary: Rdancer.org reports: Improper quoting in some parts of Vim written in the Vim Script can lead to […]

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FreeBSD 13 — powerdns-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — powerdns-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PowerDNS — Denial of Service Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0206 Upstream summary: The PowerDNS Team reports: Using well crafted UDP packets, one or more PowerDNS servers could be made to enter […]

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How to Deploy a Node.js App with PM2 on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Node.js App with PM2 on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying deploy a node.js app with pm2 on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 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 […]

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FreeBSD 13 — php70-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php70-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-3074 CVE-2016-5385 CVE-2016-5399 CVE-2016-6288 CVE-2016-6289 CVE-2016-6290 CVE-2016-6291  +5 more Upstream summary: PHP reports: Fixed bug #69975 (PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columns) […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — virt-manager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — virt-manager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:1862 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Debian 11 — most — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — most — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1253 Upstream summary: The most package in Debian wheezy before 5.0.0a-2.2, in Debian jessie before 5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1, and in Debian unstable before 5.0.0a-3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary […]

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