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FreeBSD 13 — qt4-imageformats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — qt4-imageformats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qt4-imageformats, qt4-gui, qt5-gui — Multiple Vulnerabilities in Qt Image Format Handling Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0190 CVE-2015-1858 CVE-2015-1859 CVE-2015-1860 Upstream summary: Richard J. Moore reports: Due to two recent vulnerabilities identified in […]

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FreeBSD 13 — php56-fileinfo — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php56-fileinfo — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: Fileinfo: Fixed bug #71527 (Buffer over-write in finfo_open with malformed magic file). mbstring: Fixed bug #71906 (AddressSanitizer: negative-size-param (-1) in […]

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

How to Install Elasticsearch on FreeBSD 13

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Elasticsearch on FreeBSD 13 on FreeBSD 13. 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 13 — linux-mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — code execution via Quicktime media-link files Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0597 CVE-2004-0598 CVE-2004-0599 CVE-2004-0717 CVE-2004-0718 CVE-2004-0721 CVE-2004-0722 CVE-2004-0757  +12 more Upstream summary: The Mozilla Foundation reports a vulnerability within the […]

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How to Set Up GitLab Runner on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up GitLab Runner 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 set up gitlab runner 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 — age — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: age — age vulnerable to malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities causing arbitrary binary execution Upstream summary: Filippo Valsorda reports: A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an […]

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FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-dbus-glib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-dbus-glib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dbus-glib — privledge escalation Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0292 Upstream summary: Sebastian Krahmer reports: A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way dbus-glib, the D-Bus add-on library to integrate the standard […]

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How to Set Up OpenTelemetry Collector on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up OpenTelemetry Collector on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Set Up OpenTelemetry Collector 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 […]

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FreeBSD 13 — dcraw-m — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — dcraw-m — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dcraw — integer overflow condition Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3885 Upstream summary: ocert reports: The dcraw tool, as well as several other projects re-using its code, suffers from an integer overflow condition […]

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