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How to Install Lua on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Lua on FreeBSD 15

Introduction Deploying install lua 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 […]

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How to Install and Configure Maven on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Maven on FreeBSD 15

Introduction FreeBSD 15 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install and configure maven 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 […]

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How to Configure Apache2 Virtual Hosts on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Apache2 Virtual Hosts on FreeBSD 15

Introduction How to Configure Apache2 Virtual Hosts 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 […]

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How to Take ZFS Snapshots on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Take ZFS Snapshots on FreeBSD 15

Introduction Deploying take zfs snapshots 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 […]

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FreeBSD 15 — ghostscript9-agpl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — ghostscript9-agpl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — denial of service (crash) via crafted Postscript files Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3228 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: Integer overflow in the gs_heap_alloc_bytes function in base/gsmalloc.c in Ghostscript 9.15 and earlier […]

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FreeBSD 15 — py26-graphite-web — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — py26-graphite-web — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-graphite-web — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-5093 Upstream summary: Graphite developers report: This release contains several security fixes for cross-site scripting (XSS) as well as a fix for a remote-execution […]

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FreeBSD 15 — imlib — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — imlib — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: imlib2 — denial of service vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0802 CVE-2004-0817 CVE-2004-1025 CVE-2004-1026 CVE-2006-4806 CVE-2006-4807 CVE-2006-4808 CVE-2006-4809  +4 more Upstream summary: Enlightenment reports: GIF loader: Fix segv on images without colormap […]

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FreeBSD 15 — npm — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — npm — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: NPM — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16775 CVE-2019-16776 CVE-2019-16777 Upstream summary: NPM reports: Global node_modules Binary Overwrite Symlink reference outside of node_modules Arbitrary File Write Table of contents Symptom & […]

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FreeBSD 15 — openvpn-auth-ldap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — openvpn-auth-ldap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: security/openvpn-auth-ldap — Fix buffer overflow in challenge/response Related CVEs: CVE-2024-28820 Upstream summary: Graham Northup reports: A buffer overflow in extract_openvpn_cr allows attackers with a valid LDAP username and who can […]

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