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FreeBSD 13 — bouncycastle — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — bouncycastle — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bouncycastle15 — bcrypt password checking vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13098 CVE-2018-1000180 CVE-2018-1000613 CVE-2020-15522 CVE-2020-28052 Upstream summary: The Bouncy Castle team reports: The OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method compared incorrect data when checking the […]

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How to Set Up Grafana Alerting on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Grafana Alerting on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Set Up Grafana Alerting on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — memtest86+ — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — memtest86+ — 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-2021:1599 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 — ja-samba — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ja-samba — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: samba — potential leakage of arbitrary memory contents Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0600 CVE-2004-0686 CVE-2004-0815 CVE-2004-1154 CVE-2006-1059 CVE-2006-3403 CVE-2007-0452 CVE-2007-0454  +7 more Upstream summary: Samba Team reports: Samba 3.0.29 and beyond contain […]

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FreeBSD 13 — gnu-finger — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — gnu-finger — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: GNU finger vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-1999-1165 Upstream summary: GNU security announcement: GNU Finger unfortunately has not been updated in many years, and has known security vulnerabilities. Please do not use […]

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Debian 11 — crossfire-maps — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — crossfire-maps — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4908 Upstream summary: maps/Info/combine.pl in CrossFire crossfire-maps 1.11.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

Debian 11 — mksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1845 Upstream summary: The Korn shell (aka mksh) before R33d on MirOS (aka MirBSD) does not flush the tty's I/O when invoking mksh in a new terminal, which […]

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

Debian 11 — gbatnav — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0407 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in gbnserver for Gnome Batalla Naval 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long connection string. Table of contents Symptom […]

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

Debian 11 — lhasa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2347 Upstream summary: Integer underflow in the decode_level3_header function in lib/lha_file_header.c in Lhasa before 0.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive. Table of […]

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

Debian 11 — libfs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1996 Upstream summary: X.org libFS 1.0.4 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to an unexpected sign […]

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