FreeBSD 12

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

FreeBSD 12 — openoffice.org-2-RC — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2237 CVE-2008-2238 Upstream summary: The OpenOffice Team reports: A security vulnerability with the way OpenOffice 2.x process WMF files may allow a […]

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How to Configure PgBouncer Connection Pooling on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PgBouncer Connection Pooling on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying configure pgbouncer connection pooling on freebsd 12 on a FreeBSD 12 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard […]

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FreeBSD 12 — pivot-weblog — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — pivot-weblog — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pivot-weblog — file deletion vulnerability Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A vulnerability has been discovered in Pivot, which can be exploited by malicious people to delete certain files. Input passed to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — qpopper — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — qpopper — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qpopper — multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2000-0442 CVE-2005-1151 CVE-2005-1152 Upstream summary: Jens Steube reports that qpopper is vulnerable to a privilege escalation vulnerability. qpopper does not properly drop […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py34-pygments — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py34-pygments — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pygments — shell injection vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8557 Upstream summary: NVD reports: The FontManager._get_nix_font_path function in formatters/img.py in Pygments 1.2.2 through 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via […]

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How to Set Up OpenTelemetry Collector on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up OpenTelemetry Collector on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up opentelemetry collector on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5680 CVE-2013-0211 CVE-2015-2304 CVE-2015-8934 CVE-2016-1541 CVE-2016-4300 CVE-2016-4301 CVE-2016-4302 Upstream summary: Hanno Bock and Cisco Talos report: Out of bounds heap read in RAR parser […]

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How to Set Up ArgoCD on Kubernetes on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up ArgoCD on Kubernetes on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up ArgoCD on Kubernetes on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for […]

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FreeBSD 12 — cde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — cde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: x11/cde — Local privilege escalation via CDE dtsession Related CVEs: CVE-2020-2696 Upstream summary: Marco Ivaldi (marco.ivaldi () mediaservice net) reports: A buffer overflow in the CheckMonitor() function in the Common […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mantis — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mantis — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mantis — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CAN-2005-4238 CVE-2005-3335 CVE-2008-2276 CVE-2008-3102 CVE-2008-3331 CVE-2008-3332 CVE-2008-3333 CVE-2008-4687  +7 more Upstream summary: mantis reports: Teun Beijers reported a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the […]

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