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FreeBSD 12 — mohawk — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mohawk — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mohawk — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: The mohawk project reports: Segfault when parsing malformed / unescaped url, coredump when setting syslog facility. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — htmldoc — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — htmldoc — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: HTMLDOC — buffer overflow issues when reading AFM files and parsing page sizes Upstream summary: Michael Sweet reports: HTMLDOC 1.8.28 fixes some known security issues and formatting bugs. Changes include: […]

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FreeBSD 12 — pt_BR-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — pt_BR-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~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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FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-libxml — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-libxml — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libxml2 — Enforce the reader to run in constant memory Related CVEs: CVE-2011-1944 CVE-2011-3202 CVE-2011-3919 CVE-2013-2877 CVE-2014-0191 CVE-2014-3660 CVE-2015-1819 Upstream summary: Daniel Veilland reports: Enforce the reader to run in […]

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FreeBSD 13 — gdk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — gdk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gdk-pixbuf2 — a heap buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0782 CVE-2004-0783 CVE-2004-0788 CVE-2015-4491 CVE-2015-7673 CVE-2015-7674 CVE-2025-7345 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: A flaw exists in gdk-pixbuf within the gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment function (io-jpeg.c) and […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py37-borgbackup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py37-borgbackup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Borg (Backup) — flaw in cryptographic authentication scheme in Borg allowed an attacker to fake archives and indirectly cause backup data loss. Related CVEs: CVE-2023-36811 Upstream summary: Thomas Waldmann reports: […]

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FreeBSD 15 — helvis — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — helvis — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: helvis — arbitrary file deletion problem Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0118 CVE-2005-0119 CVE-2005-0120 Upstream summary: The setuid root elvprsv utility, used to preserve recovery helvis files, can be abused by local users […]

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FreeBSD 15 — zh-unzip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — zh-unzip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: unzip — permission race vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2475 Upstream summary: Imran Ghory reports a vulnerability within unzip. The vulnerability is caused by a race condition between extracting an archive and […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py311-Jinja — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py311-Jinja — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Jinja2 — Sandbox breakout through attr filter selecting format method Related CVEs: CVE-2024-34064 CVE-2025-27516 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: Jinja is an extensible templating engine. Prior to 3.1.6, an oversight in […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mkvtoolnix — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mkvtoolnix — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mkvtoolnix — code execution via specially crafted files Upstream summary: Moritz Bunkus reports: most of the bugs fixed on 2016-09-06 and 2016-09-07 for issue #1780 are potentially exploitable. The scenario […]

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