FreeBSD 12

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

FreeBSD 12 — pixman — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pixman — heap overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2022-44638 Upstream summary: Pixman reports: for release 0.42.2 Avoid integer overflow leading to out-of-bounds write Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-ipython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-ipython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ipython — Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21699 Upstream summary: IPython project reports: IPython 8.0.1, 7.31.1 and 5.11 are security releases that change some default values in order to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py311-Scrapy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py311-Scrapy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 March 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-Scrapy — DoS vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14158 CVE-2022-0577 Upstream summary: kmike and nramirezuy report: Scrapy 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large files […]

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How to Install OpenVPN on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install OpenVPN on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying install openvpn 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 base + […]

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How to Configure NTP Time Synchronization on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure NTP Time Synchronization 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 configure ntp time synchronization 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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How to Configure Suricata IDS on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Suricata IDS on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure Suricata IDS 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 fine-grained privilege […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libvpx — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libvpx — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 March 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: electron{22,24,25} — Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx Related CVEs: CVE-2014-1578 CVE-2015-4485 CVE-2015-4486 CVE-2015-4506 CVE-2023-5217 Upstream summary: Electron developers report: This update fixes the following vulnerability: Security: backported […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — exploitable buffer overflow in (T)BCP in PS interpreter Related CVEs: CVE-2008-6679 CVE-2015-3228 CVE-2023-28879 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-django-photologue — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-django-photologue — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 February 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-django-photologue — XSS vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2022-4526 Upstream summary: domiee13 reports: A vulnerability was found in django-photologue up to 3.15.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some […]

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