FreeBSD 13

How to Configure GELI Disk Encryption on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure GELI Disk Encryption 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 configure geli disk encryption 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 […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gtk-vnc — bounds checking vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5884 CVE-2017-5885 Upstream summary: Daniel P. Berrange reports: CVE-2017-5884 – fix bounds checking for RRE, hextile and copyrect encodings CVE-2017-5885 – fix color […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — cvs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cvs — Remote code execution via ssh command injection Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12836 Upstream summary: Hank Leininger reports: Bugs in Git, Subversion, and Mercurial were just announced and patched which allowed […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — faad — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: faad2 — heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4201 Upstream summary: CVE reports: Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeMP4file function (frontend/main.c) in FAAD2 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — ethereal — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ethereal — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wireshark — PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0176 CVE-2004-0365 CVE-2004-0367 CVE-2004-0504 CVE-2004-0505 CVE-2004-0506 CVE-2004-0507 CVE-2004-0633  +12 more Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A vulnerability has been reported in […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — claws-mail — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: claws-mail — no bounds checking on the output buffer in conv_jistoeuc, conv_euctojis, conv_sjistoeuc Related CVEs: CVE-2007-1558 CVE-2007-2958 CVE-2007-6208 CVE-2015-8614 Upstream summary: DrWhax reports: So in codeconv.c there is a function […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — iourbanterror — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: id Tech 3 — remote code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6903 Upstream summary: The content auto-download of id Tech 3 can be used to deliver maliciously crafted content, that triggers […]

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FreeBSD 13 — matomo — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — matomo — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: matomo — XSS vulnerability Upstream summary: Matomo reports: Several XSS issues have been fixed thanks to the great work of security researchers who responsible disclosed issues to us. Table of […]

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

How to Install InfluxDB on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Install InfluxDB 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, and […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — kwebkitpart — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kwebkitpart, kde-runtime — insufficient input validation Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8600 Upstream summary: Albert Aastals Cid reports: kwebkitpart and the bookmarks:// io slave were not sanitizing input correctly allowing to some javascript […]

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