FreeBSD 13

How to Install Deno on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Deno on FreeBSD 13

Introduction FreeBSD 13 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install deno on freebsd 13 on FreeBSD 13 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 distribution. This […]

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FreeBSD 13 — libcaca — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — libcaca — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libcaca — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20545 CVE-2018-20546 CVE-2018-20547 CVE-2018-20548 CVE-2018-20549 CVE-2021-30498 CVE-2021-30499 CVE-2021-3410 Upstream summary: Sam Hocevar reports: Multiple memory leaks and invalid memory accesses: CVE-2018-20545: Illegal WRITE memory […]

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FreeBSD 13 — KeePassX — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — KeePassX — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: KeePassX — information disclosure Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8378 Upstream summary: Yves-Alexis Perez reports: Starting an export (using File / Export to / KeepassX XML file) and cancelling it leads to KeepassX […]

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FreeBSD 13 — lzo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — lzo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: LZO — potential buffer overrun when processing malicious input data Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4608 Upstream summary: Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer reports, in the package's NEWS file: Fixed a potential integer […]

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How to Set the Hostname on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set the Hostname on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Set the Hostname on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 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 13 — movemail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — movemail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: emacs — movemail format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0100 Upstream summary: Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs. They can be exploited when connecting […]

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FreeBSD 13 — cgit — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — cgit — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cgit — directory traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1899 CVE-2016-1900 CVE-2016-1901 CVE-2018-14912 Upstream summary: Jann Horn reports: cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when `enable-http-clone=1` is not […]

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FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-web-console — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-web-console — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygem-rails — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1840 CVE-2015-3224 CVE-2015-3225 CVE-2015-3226 CVE-2015-3227 Upstream summary: Ruby on Rails blog: Rails 3.2.22, 4.1.11 and 4.2.2 have been released, along with web console and […]

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FreeBSD 13 — gtk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — gtk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gdk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2862 CVE-2017-2870 Upstream summary: TALOS reports: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality. An exploitable heap-overflow vulnerability exists in the gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment […]

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