FreeBSD 12

How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure SNMP Monitoring on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — py37-flask-security — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-flask-security — user redirect to arbitrary URL vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23385 Upstream summary: Snyk reports: This affects all versions of package Flask-Security. When using the `get_post_logout_redirect` and `get_post_login_redirect` functions, it […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: consul — rpc: authorize raft requests Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15133 CVE-2020-25864 CVE-2020-28053 CVE-2021-28156 CVE-2021-37219 Upstream summary: Hashicorp reports: HashiCorp Consul Raft RPC layer allows non-server agents with a valid certificate signed […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — prometheus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: prometheus2 — basic authentication bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2021-29622 CVE-2022-46146 Upstream summary: Prometheus team reports: Prometheus and its exporters can be secured by a web.yml file that specifies usernames and hashed […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-Scrapy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-Scrapy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 May 2022 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 Configure Mandatory Access Control on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Mandatory Access Control on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure Mandatory Access Control on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~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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How to Secure MySQL on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure MySQL on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying secure mysql 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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