Introduction Deploying configure strongswan ipsec on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 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 […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 6.2.1-r1 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Alpine secdb entry — gmp 6.2.1-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43618 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships gmp 6.2.1-r1 which addresses CVE-2021-43618. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~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 & […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: security/shibboleth-idp — CAS service SSRF Upstream summary: Shibboleth Developers report: The Identity Provider's CAS support relies on a function in the Spring Framework to parse CAS service URLs and append […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MPD — buffer overflows in http output Upstream summary: The MPD project reports: httpd: fix two buffer overflows in IcyMetaData length calculation Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]
How to Harden the Linux Kernel with sysctl on RHEL 7 The Linux kernel exposes hundreds of tunable parameters through the /proc/sys/ virtual filesystem, and the sysctl utility provides a clean interface for reading and setting those values at runtime and persistently across reboots. Many of these parameters have direct security implications: they control whether […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — heap overflow in mod_proxy Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0492 Upstream summary: A buffer overflow exists in mod_proxy which may allow an attacker to launch local DoS attacks and possibly execute […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6046-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2015454 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenSSL-ibmca incorrectly handled certain RSA decryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of contents […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MariaDB — Nullpointer dereference Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25032 CVE-2019-1543 CVE-2019-1547 CVE-2019-15601 CVE-2019-17543 CVE-2019-2730 CVE-2019-2731 CVE-2019-2737 +12 more Upstream summary: The MariaDB project reports: MariaDB Server is vulnerable to Denial of Service. […]
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7247 CVE-2020-8794 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]
