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FreeBSD 15 — zinf — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — zinf — security advisory — 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: zinf — potential buffer overflow playlist support Upstream summary: The audio player Zinf is vulnerable to a buffer-overflow bug in the management of the playlist files. Table of contents Symptom […]

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FreeBSD 12 — elasticsearch — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — elasticsearch — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: textproc/elasticsearch6 — field disclosure flaw Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3120 CVE-2014-6439 CVE-2015-1427 CVE-2015-3337 CVE-2015-4165 CVE-2015-5377 CVE-2015-5531 CVE-2020-7019 Upstream summary: Elastic reports: A field disclosure flaw was found in Elasticsearch when running a […]

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FreeBSD 15 — mplayer-gtk2-esound — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — mplayer-gtk2-esound — multiple vulnerabilities (15 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: mplayer — vulnerability in STR files processor Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0433 CVE-2004-1187 CVE-2004-1188 CVE-2005-1195 CVE-2006-1502 CVE-2006-6172 CVE-2007-1246 CVE-2007-2948  +7 more Upstream summary: Secunia reports: The vulnerability is caused due to a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ruby19-gems — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ruby19-gems — 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: ruby-gems — Algorithmic Complexity Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4287 CVE-2013-4363 Upstream summary: Ruby Gem developers report: The patch for CVE-2013-4363 was insufficiently verified so the combined regular expression for verifying gem […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — libXdmcp — 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: libXdmcp — insufficient entropy generating session keys Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2625 Upstream summary: The freedesktop and x.org project reports: It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.3 used weak entropy to generate […]

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FreeBSD 15 — f2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — f2c — 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: f2c — insecure temporary files Related CVEs: CAN-2005-0017 Upstream summary: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña reports two temporary file vulnerability within f2c. The vulnerabilities are caused due to weak temporary file handling. […]

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FreeBSD 15 — dia-gnome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — dia-gnome — 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: dia — XFig Import Plugin Buffer Overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2006-1550 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Dia, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to […]

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FreeBSD 15 — uulib — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — uulib — security advisory — 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: uudeview buffer overflows Upstream summary: The authors of UUDeview report repairing two buffer overflows in their software. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick […]

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

FreeBSD 15 — ssh — 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: SSH.COM SFTP server — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-0705 Upstream summary: SSH Communications Security Corp reports a format string vulnerability in their SFTP server. This vulnerability could cause a […]

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