Introduction This guide explains how to Install Cassandra on FreeBSD 14 on FreeBSD 14. 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. […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 13 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mutt — denial of service via crafted mail message Related CVEs: CVE-2007-2683 CVE-2014-9116 Upstream summary: NVD reports: The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters at […]
Introduction How to Set Up OpenLiteSpeed on FreeBSD 14 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 14 server operator. FreeBSD 14 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, […]
Introduction How to Automate Backups with rsync on FreeBSD 14 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 14 server operator. FreeBSD 14 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 […]
Introduction Deploying install pgadmin 4 on freebsd 14 on a FreeBSD 14 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 […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 12 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-Mail-SpamAssassin — local user symlink-attack DoS vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0796 CVE-2005-1266 CVE-2007-2873 Upstream summary: SpamAssassin website reports: A local user symlink-attack DoS vulnerability in SpamAssassin has been found, affecting versions […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 12 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libtiff — Improper Input Validation Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13726 CVE-2017-13727 Upstream summary: libtiff developers report: There is a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectoryTagSubifd() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to tif_dirwrite.c […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 12 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bouncycastle15 — bcrypt password checking vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13098 CVE-2018-1000180 CVE-2018-1000613 CVE-2020-15522 CVE-2020-28052 Upstream summary: The Bouncy Castle team reports: The OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method compared incorrect data when checking the […]
Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install postgresql 16 on freebsd 14 on FreeBSD 14 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. […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 12 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-markdown2 — regular expression denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11888 CVE-2021-26813 Upstream summary: Ben Caller reports: markdown2 >=1.0.1.18, fixed in 2.4.0, is affected by a regular expression denial of […]
