FreeBSD 15

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System Logs Not Rotating and /var Grows Rapidly

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~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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FreeBSD 15 — linux-flock — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — linux-flock — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4879 CVE-2007-5959 CVE-2008-0016 CVE-2008-0412 CVE-2008-0413 CVE-2008-0414 CVE-2008-0415 CVE-2008-0417  +12 more Upstream summary: The Mozilla Foundation reports: MFSA 2008-37 UTF-8 URL stack buffer overflow MFSA […]

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FreeBSD 15 — xscreensaver-gnome-hacks — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — xscreensaver-gnome-hacks — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xscreensaver – lock bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8025 Upstream summary: RedHat bugzilla reports: In dual screen configurations, unplugging one screen will cause xscreensaver to crash, leaving the screen unlocked. Table of […]

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FreeBSD 15 — surf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — surf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: surf — private information disclosure Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0842 Upstream summary: surf does not protect its cookie jar against access read access from other local users Table of contents Symptom & […]

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FreeBSD 15 — uudeview — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — uudeview — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: uudeview buffer overflows Upstream summary: The authors of UUDeview report repairing two buffer overflows in their software. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick […]

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FreeBSD 15 — b2evolution — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — b2evolution — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pear-XML_RPC — remote PHP code injection vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2498 Upstream summary: A Hardened-PHP Project Security Advisory reports: When the library parses XMLRPC requests/responses, it constructs a string of PHP […]

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FreeBSD 15 — acroread — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — acroread — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 3 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: acroread9 — Multiple Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0630 CVE-2004-1152 CVE-2005-1306 CVE-2005-1625 CVE-2005-1912 CVE-2005-2470 CVE-2011-1353 CVE-2011-2431  +12 more Upstream summary: The Adobe Security Team reports: An unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component […]

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FreeBSD 15 — postgresql14-plperl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — postgresql14-plperl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PostgreSQL — PL/Perl environment variable changes execute arbitrary code Related CVEs: CVE-2024-10979 Upstream summary: PostgreSQL project reports: Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user […]

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FreeBSD 15 — p5-Mail-SpamAssassin — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — p5-Mail-SpamAssassin — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~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 […]

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FreeBSD 15 — openvpn23-polarssl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — openvpn23-polarssl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 June 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OpenVPN — two remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7478 CVE-2017-7479 Upstream summary: Samuli Seppänen reports: OpenVPN v2.4.0 was audited for security vulnerabilities independently by Quarkslabs (funded by OSTIF) and Cryptography […]

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