Introduction How to Configure pf Packet Filtering on FreeBSD 15 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 15 server operator. FreeBSD 15 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 […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 28 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fontconfig — insufficiently cache file validation Related CVEs: CVE-2016-5384 Upstream summary: Debian security team reports: Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that cache files are insufficiently validated in fontconfig, a generic font configuration […]
Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install amanda network backup on FreeBSD 15 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 guide […]
Introduction Deploying configure logstash on a FreeBSD 15 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 + ports approach so […]
Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up node exporter for server metrics on FreeBSD 15 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 […]
Introduction How to Configure Tekton CI/CD Pipelines on FreeBSD 15 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 15 server operator. FreeBSD 15 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 This guide explains how to Install PostgreSQL on FreeBSD 15 on FreeBSD 15. 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. […]
Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up a python fastapi application on FreeBSD 15 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. […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 28 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Dovecot — DoS Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4577 CVE-2008-4578 CVE-2009-3897 CVE-2011-1929 CVE-2017-15132 CVE-2017-2669 CVE-2019-10691 CVE-2019-11494 +12 more Upstream summary: Dovecot reports: A DoS is possible with a large number of address headers […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 28 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nginx — heap buffer overflow in ngx_http_rewrite_module Related CVEs: CVE-2009-2629 CVE-2012-2089 CVE-2013-2028 CVE-2013-2070 CVE-2013-4547 CVE-2014-0133 CVE-2014-3556 CVE-2014-3616 +12 more Upstream summary: The nginx developers report: A heap memory buffer overflow […]
