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FreeBSD 14 — libntlm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — libntlm — 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: libntlm — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17455 Upstream summary: NVD reports: Libntlm through 1.5 relies on a fixed buffer size for tSmbNtlmAuthRequest, tSmbNtlmAuthChallenge, and tSmbNtlmAuthResponse read and write operations, […]

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FreeBSD 13 — mosquitto — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mosquitto — security advisory — 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: mosquitto — NULL pointer dereference Upstream summary: Roger Light reports: If an authenticated client connected with MQTT v5 sent a malformed CONNACK message to the broker a NULL pointer dereference […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py27-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py27-cryptography — 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: py-cryptography — tag forgery vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9243 CVE-2018-10903 Upstream summary: The Python Cryptographic Authority (PyCA) project reports: finalize_with_tag() allowed tag truncation by default which can allow tag forgery in […]

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FreeBSD 12 — prosody — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — prosody — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Prosody XMPP server advisory 2026-04-29 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-0756 CVE-2016-1231 CVE-2016-1232 CVE-2021-32917 CVE-2021-32918 CVE-2021-32919 CVE-2021-32920 CVE-2021-32921  +6 more Upstream summary: The Prosody team reports: Traffic patterns were discovered which can cause […]

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

FreeBSD 15 — cabextract — 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: cabextract — directory traversal with UTF-8 symbols in filenames Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0916 CVE-2014-9556 CVE-2015-2060 Upstream summary: Cabextract ChangeLog reports: It was possible for cabinet files to extract to absolute file […]

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FreeBSD 13 — cups — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — cups — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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: cups — security vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8675 CVE-2019-8696 CVE-2019-8842 CVE-2020-3898 CVE-2024-47076 CVE-2024-47175 CVE-2024-47176 CVE-2025-58060  +1 more Upstream summary: OpenPrinting reports: When the AuthType is set to anything but Basic, if […]

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FreeBSD 13 — webtrees — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — webtrees — security advisory — 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: webtrees — vulnerability Upstream summary: Webtrees reports: GEDCOM imports containing errors and HTML displayed unescaped. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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

FreeBSD 14 — atheme-services — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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: atheme-services — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9773 CVE-2016-4478 Upstream summary: Mitre reports: modules/chanserv/flags.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to modify the Anope FLAGS behavior by registering and dropping […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — cdrdao — 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: cdrdao — unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability Upstream summary: The developers of cdrdao report that there is a potential root exploit in the software. In order to be able to succesfully […]

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