Introduction How to Set Up VLAN Tagging 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: 18 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: End of Life Ports Upstream summary: These packages have reached End of Life status and/or have been removed from the Ports Tree. They may contain undocumented security issues. Please take […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 18 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: elinks — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7224 Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: ELinks is prone to an off-by-one buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to accurately reference the last element […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 18 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcp — remotely exploitable vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5732 CVE-2018-5733 CVE-2021-25217 Upstream summary: Michael McNally reports: Program code used by the ISC DHCP package to read and parse stored leases has […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 18 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — Prevent chunk-size integer overflow on platforms where sizeof(int) < sizeof(long) Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 Upstream summary: Apache ChangeLog reports: Integer overflow in the ap_proxy_send_fb function in proxy/proxy_util.c […]
Introduction This guide explains how to Harden Shared Memory 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 […]
Introduction Deploying set up two-factor authentication with google authenticator 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 […]
Introduction How to Set Up Ansible 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 filtering, […]
Introduction This guide explains how to Install Rancher 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. […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 18 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ffmpeg — remote denial of service in JPEG2000 decoder Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0433 CVE-2004-1187 CVE-2004-1188 CVE-2005-1195 CVE-2006-0579 CVE-2006-1502 CVE-2006-6172 CVE-2007-1246 +12 more Upstream summary: FFmpeg security reports: FFmpeg 2.8.6 fixes the […]
