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FreeBSD 14 — cabextract — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — cabextract — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~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 — gdal — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — gdal — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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: tiff — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0803 CVE-2004-0804 CVE-2004-0886 CVE-2004-1308 CVE-2005-1544 Upstream summary: A Gentoo Linux Security Advisory reports: Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered […]

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FreeBSD 15 — vinagre — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — vinagre — 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: vinagre — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5660 Upstream summary: CORE Security Technologies reports: A format string error has been found on the vinagre_utils_show_error() function that can be exploited via […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ruby21-gems — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ruby21-gems — vulnerability — 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: rubygems — request hijacking vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3900 Upstream summary: Jonathan Claudius reports: RubyGems provides the ability of a domain to direct clients to a separate host that is used […]

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FreeBSD 13 — ha — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ha — vulnerability — 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: ha — Directory traversals Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1198 Upstream summary: Alexander Cherepanov reports: Version 0.999b and older of ha archiver is susceptible to directory traversal vulnerabilities via absolute and relative paths. […]

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FreeBSD 15 — libwmf — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — libwmf — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libwmf — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0941 CVE-2006-3376 CVE-2007-0455 CVE-2007-2756 CVE-2007-3472 CVE-2007-3473 CVE-2007-3477 CVE-2009-1364  +5 more Upstream summary: Mitre reports: Multiple buffer overflows in the gd graphics library (libgd) 2.0.21 […]

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FreeBSD 14 — postgresql14-plperl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — postgresql14-plperl — 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: PostgreSQL — PL/Perl environment variable changes execute arbitrary code Related CVEs: CVE-2024-10979 Upstream summary: PostgreSQL project reports: Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user […]

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FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-dragonfly — vulnerability — 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: dragonfly — argument injection Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33564 Upstream summary: NVD reports: An argument injection vulnerability in the Dragonfly gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to read and write […]

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