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How To Configure SSH Key-Based Authentication on a FreeBSD Server — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure SSH Key-Based Authentication on a FreeBSD Server

SSH, or secure shell, is a network protocol that provides a secure, encrypted way to communicate with and administer your servers. As SSH is the most common way of working with a FreeBSD server, you will want to familiarize yourself with the different ways that you can authenticate and log in to your server. While there are several ways of logging into a FreeBSD server, this tutorial will focus on setting up and using SSH keys for authentication.

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FreeBSD 12 — libtiff — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libtiff — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libtiff — Improper Input Validation Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13726 CVE-2017-13727 Upstream summary: libtiff developers report: There is a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectoryTagSubifd() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to tif_dirwrite.c […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py34-notebook — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py34-notebook — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Jupyter Notebook — vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8768 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: In Jupyter Notebook before 5.4.1, a maliciously forged notebook file can bypass sanitization to execute JavaScript in the notebook […]

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FreeBSD 12 — uulib — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — uulib — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~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 12 — nspr — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — nspr — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-1533 CVE-2014-1534 CVE-2014-1536 CVE-2014-1537 CVE-2014-1540 CVE-2014-1541 CVE-2014-1542 CVE-2014-1543  +12 more Upstream summary: The Mozilla Project reports: MFSA 2015-133 NSS and NSPR memory corruption issues […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php52-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php52-exif — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4566 CVE-2011-4885 Upstream summary: php development team reports: Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.9: Added max_input_vars directive to prevent attacks based on hash […]

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FreeBSD 12 — wget+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — wget+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wget — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1487 CVE-2004-1488 Upstream summary: Jan Minar reports that there exists multiple vulnerabilities in wget: Wget erroneously thinks that the current directory is a fair […]

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FreeBSD 12 — age — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — age — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: age — age vulnerable to malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities causing arbitrary binary execution Upstream summary: Filippo Valsorda reports: A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php55-bz — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php55-bz — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-5385 CVE-2016-5399 CVE-2016-6288 CVE-2016-6289 CVE-2016-6290 CVE-2016-6291 CVE-2016-6292  +4 more Upstream summary: PHP reports: Fixed bug #69975 (PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columns) […]

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