FreeBSD 14

How to Configure PgBouncer Connection Pooling on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PgBouncer Connection Pooling on FreeBSD 14

Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up configure pgbouncer connection pooling 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 […]

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FreeBSD 14 — linux-c6-libevent — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — linux-c6-libevent — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libevent — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10195 CVE-2016-10196 CVE-2016-10197 Upstream summary: Debian Security reports: CVE-2016-10195: The name_parse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified […]

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FreeBSD 14 — linux-c6-libsamplerate — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — linux-c6-libsamplerate — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libsamplerate — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7697 Upstream summary: NVD reports: In libsamplerate before 0.1.9, a buffer over-read occurs in the calc_output_single function in src_sinc.c via a crafted audio file. […]

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FreeBSD 14 — prometheus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — prometheus — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: prometheus2 — basic authentication bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2021-29622 CVE-2022-46146 Upstream summary: Prometheus team reports: Prometheus and its exporters can be secured by a web.yml file that specifies usernames and hashed […]

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FreeBSD 14 — vinyl — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — vinyl — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Vinyl/Varnish — HTTP/2 parsing deficiency Upstream summary: Vinyl Development Team reports: A deficiency in HTTP/2 request parsing can be exploited to launch a backend request desync attack (request smuggling), which […]

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How to Install Redis on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Redis on FreeBSD 14

Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install redis 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. This […]

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How to Manage Users and Groups on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage Users and Groups on FreeBSD 14

Introduction How to Manage Users and Groups 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 […]

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FreeBSD 14 — teeworlds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — teeworlds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Teeworlds — Buffer Overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43518 Upstream summary: NVD reports: Teeworlds up to and including 0.7.5 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. A map parser does not validate m_Channels value […]

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Common Problems 122482

pkg Repository Metadata Fails to Update

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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