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pkg Repository Metadata Fails to Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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

NetBSD 9.4 — dircproxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5226 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged dircproxy<1.2.0beta2 for vulnerability class 'denial-of-service'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5226 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — py314-maturin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — py314-maturin — 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 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged py314-maturin-[0-9]* for vulnerability class 'unknown'. Reference: https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/releases/tag/openssl-v0.10.78 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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FreeBSD 14 — ganglia-webfrontend — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — ganglia-webfrontend — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ganglia-webfrontend — auth bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6816 Upstream summary: Ivan Novikov reports: It's easy to bypass auth by using boolean serialization… Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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FreeBSD 14 — linux-c6-xorg-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — linux-c6-xorg-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libXfont — BDF parsing issues Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0209 CVE-2014-0210 CVE-2014-0211 CVE-2015-1802 CVE-2015-1803 CVE-2015-1804 Upstream summary: Alan Coopersmith reports: Ilja van Sprundel, a security researcher with IOActive, has discovered an issue […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — py-flask-cors — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — py-flask-cors — 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-2020-25032 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged py{27,34,35,36,37,38}-flask-cors<3.0.9 for vulnerability class 'directory-traversal'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25032 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — php5-pdo_mysql — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — php5-pdo_mysql — 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 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged php5-pdo_mysql-[0-9]* for vulnerability class 'sql-injection'. Reference: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47802 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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

FreeBSD 14 — serf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: serf — SSL Certificate Null Byte Poisoning Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3504 Upstream summary: serf Development list reports: Serf provides APIs to retrieve information about a certificate. These APIs return the information […]

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

FreeBSD 14 — foswiki — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: foswiki — Script Insertion Vulnerability via unchecked user registration fields Related CVEs: CVE-2012-1004 Upstream summary: Foswiki team reports: When a new user registers, the new user can add arbitrary HTML […]

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