FreeBSD 12

How to Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying secure nginx with let’s encrypt 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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — sane-backends — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — sane-backends — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Sane — Multiple Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12861 CVE-2020-12862 CVE-2020-12863 CVE-2020-12864 CVE-2020-12865 CVE-2020-12866 CVE-2020-12867 Upstream summary: The Sane Project reports: epson2: fixes CVE-2020-12867 (GHSL-2020-075) and several memory management issues found while […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — mailman-postfix — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mailman < 2.1.38 — CSRF vulnerability of list mod or member against list admin page Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43331 CVE-2021-43332 CVE-2021-44227 Upstream summary: Mark Sapiro reports: A list moderator or list […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kramdown — template option vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14001 Upstream summary: kramdown news: CVE-2020-14001 is addressed to avoid problems when using the {::options /} extension together with the 'template' option. Table […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-tuf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-tuf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: The Update Framwork — path traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41131 Upstream summary: NVD reports: python-tuf is a Python reference implementation of The Update Framework (TUF). In both clients (`tuf/client` and […]

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How to Configure OSPF with FRRouting on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure OSPF with FRRouting on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure OSPF with FRRouting 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 […]

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How to Install cAdvisor for Container Monitoring on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install cAdvisor for Container Monitoring on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Install cAdvisor for Container 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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py38-pysaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py38-pysaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pysaml2 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21238 CVE-2021-21239 Upstream summary: pysaml2 Releases: Fix processing of invalid SAML XML documents – CVE-2021-21238 Fix unspecified xmlsec1 key-type preference – CVE-2021-21239 Table of […]

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How to Set Up a Certificate Authority with OpenSSL on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Certificate Authority with OpenSSL on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Set Up a Certificate Authority with OpenSSL 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, […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-unicorn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-unicorn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py39-unicorn — sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44078 Upstream summary: jwang-a reports: An issue was discovered in split_region in uc.c in Unicorn Engine before 2.0.0-rc5. It […]

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