Introduction Deploying configure dnssec on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 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 + […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 2 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: salt — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28243 CVE-2020-28972 CVE-2020-35662 CVE-2021-25281 CVE-2021-25282 CVE-2021-25283 CVE-2021-25284 CVE-2021-3144 +2 more Upstream summary: SaltStack reports multiple security vulnerabilities in Salt CVE-2021-3197: The Salt-API.s SSH client […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 1 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cryptopp — ElGamal implementation allows plaintext recovery Related CVEs: CVE-2015-2141 CVE-2016-3995 CVE-2016-7420 CVE-2021-40530 Upstream summary: Crypto++ 8.6 release notes reports: The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 1 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tcpslice — heap-based use-after-free in extract_slice() Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41043 Upstream summary: The Tcpdump Group reports: heap-based use-after-free in extract_slice() Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 1 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: sieve-connect — TLS hostname verification was not occurring Upstream summary: sieve-connect developer Phil Pennock reports: sieve-connect was not actually verifying TLS certificate identities matched the expected hostname. Table of contents […]
Introduction How to Set Up a LAMP Stack 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 […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 1 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — zseticcspace() function buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0411 Upstream summary: Chris Evans from the Google Security Team reports: Severity: parsing of evil PostScript file will result in arbitrary […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 30 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py39-Elixir — weak use of cryptography Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2146 Upstream summary: Red Hat Security Response Team reports: Elixir 0.8.0 uses Blowfish in CFB mode without constructing a unique initialization vector […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 30 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-bleach — regular expression denial-of-service Related CVEs: CVE-2020-6817 Upstream summary: Bleach developers reports: bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 30 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: aiohttp — open redirect vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21330 Upstream summary: Sviatoslav Sydorenko reports: Open redirect vulnerability — a maliciously crafted link to an aiohttp-based web-server could redirect the browser to […]
