FreeBSD 12

How to Harden the FreeBSD Kernel with sysctl on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Harden the FreeBSD Kernel with sysctl on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Harden the FreeBSD Kernel with sysctl 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 […]

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How to Monitor Docker with cAdvisor on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Docker with cAdvisor on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying monitor docker with cadvisor 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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How to Configure GlusterFS on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure GlusterFS on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Configure GlusterFS 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 separation. […]

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FreeBSD 12 — phpMyAdmin5-php — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — phpMyAdmin5-php — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: phpMyAdmin — XSS vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5504 Upstream summary: phpMyAdmin Team reports: PMASA-2023-1 XSS vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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FreeBSD 12 — weechat — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — weechat — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: WeeChat — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5854 CVE-2017-14727 CVE-2017-8073 CVE-2020-8955 Upstream summary: The Weechat project reports: Multiple integer and buffer overflows in WeeChat core. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache-ant — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache-ant — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache Ant leaks sensitive information via the java.io.tmpdir Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1945 Upstream summary: Apache reports: Apache Ant 1.1 to 1.9.14 and 1.10.0 to 1.10.7 uses the default temporary directory identified […]

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How to Tune Kernel Parameters with sysctl on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Tune Kernel Parameters with sysctl 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 tune kernel parameters with sysctl 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 […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: trafficserver — resource consumption Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0256 CVE-2014-3525 CVE-2020-9494 Upstream summary: Bryan Call reports: ATS is vulnerable to certain types of HTTP/2 HEADERS frames that can cause the server to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p11-kit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p11-kit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p11-kit — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2020-29361 CVE-2020-29362 CVE-2020-29363 Upstream summary: The p11-glue project reports: CVE-2020-29363: Out-of-bounds write in p11_rpc_buffer_get_byte_array_value function A heap-based buffer overflow has been discovered in the […]

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FreeBSD 12 — typo3-10-php — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — typo3-10-php — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 September 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: typo3 — XSS vulnerability in svg-sanitize Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11063 CVE-2020-11064 CVE-2020-11065 CVE-2020-11066 CVE-2020-11067 CVE-2020-11069 CVE-2020-15098 CVE-2020-15099  +1 more Upstream summary: The TYPO3 project reports: The SVG sanitizer library enshrined/svg-sanitize before […]

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