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How To Install and Configure OpenNTPd on FreeBSD 10.2 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure OpenNTPd on FreeBSD 10.2

NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is a standardized protocol providing ways to synchronize time on various operating systems. OpenNTPd is a free and easy-to-use implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP), originally developed as part of the OpenBSD project. It provides the ability to sync the local clock from remote NTP servers and can also act as server itself.

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How To Add and Remove Users on FreeBSD — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Add and Remove Users on FreeBSD

On FreeBSD, like other Unix-like OSes, user accounts can be created to provide interactive access to the system. User accounts, when managed properly, can add a layer of system security by providing a way to limit individual user’s access to only the files and directories that it needs to accomplish its tasks.

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FreeBSD 12 — gftp — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gftp — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gftp — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0372 CVE-2007-3961 CVE-2007-3962 Upstream summary: Gentoo reports: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo discovered two boundary errors in fsplib code included in gFTP when processing overly long […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-beaker — arbitrary code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7489 Upstream summary: matheusbrat reports: The Beaker library through 1.12.1 for Python is affected by deserialization of untrusted data, which could lead […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-gnutls — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-gnutls — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gnutls — multiple certificate verification issues Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0092 CVE-2014-1959 Upstream summary: GnuTLS project reports: A vulnerability was discovered that affects the certificate verification functions of all gnutls versions. A […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — de-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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FreeBSD 12 — f2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — f2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: f2c — insecure temporary files Related CVEs: CAN-2005-0017 Upstream summary: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña reports two temporary file vulnerability within f2c. The vulnerabilities are caused due to weak temporary file handling. […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — gtk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gdk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2862 CVE-2017-2870 Upstream summary: TALOS reports: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality. An exploitable heap-overflow vulnerability exists in the gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment […]

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FreeBSD 12 — alsaplayer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — alsaplayer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: alsaplayer — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-4089 Upstream summary: Luigi Auriemma reports three vulnerabilities within alsaplayer: The function which handles the HTTP connections is vulnerable to a buffer-overflow that happens […]

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