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FreeBSD 13 — perl-threaded — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — perl-threaded — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: perl — denial of service via algorithmic complexity attack on hashing routines Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0452 CVE-2005-0155 CVE-2005-0156 CVE-2007-5116 CVE-2013-1667 Upstream summary: Perl developers report: In order to prevent an algorithmic […]

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How to Install Caddy Web Server on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Caddy Web Server on FreeBSD 13

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Caddy Web Server 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 […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — metamail — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: metamail format string bugs and buffer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0104 CVE-2004-0105 Upstream summary: Ulf Härnhammar reported four bugs in metamail: two are format string bugs and two are buffer overflows. […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — libgd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libgd — Denial of servica via double free Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6362 CVE-2017-7890 Upstream summary: libgd developers report: Double free vulnerability in the gdImagePngPtr function in libgd2 before 2.2.5 allows remote […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: firefox & mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0762 CVE-2004-0765 CVE-2004-0904 CVE-2004-0905 CVE-2004-0908 CVE-2004-0909 CVE-2004-1156 CVE-2004-1157  +12 more Upstream summary: A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports of multiple issues: Heap […]

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How to Set Up IPsec with StrongSwan on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up IPsec with StrongSwan 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 ipsec with strongswan 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 […]

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FreeBSD 13 — devcpu-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — devcpu-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Intel CPU issues Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0543 Upstream summary: Intel reports: Intel CPUs suffer Special Register Buffer Data Sampling vulnerability Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — php55-xml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php55-xml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3074 Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: BCMath: Fixed bug #72093 (bcpowmod accepts negative scale and corrupts _one_ definition). Exif: Fixed bug #72094 (Out […]

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FreeBSD 13 — xscreensaver-gnome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — xscreensaver-gnome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xscreensaver – lock bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8025 Upstream summary: RedHat bugzilla reports: In dual screen configurations, unplugging one screen will cause xscreensaver to crash, leaving the screen unlocked. Table of […]

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How to Install and Configure Squid Proxy on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Squid Proxy on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Install and Configure Squid Proxy 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 […]

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