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FreeBSD 13 — ocaml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ocaml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OCaml — Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8869 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: OCaml before 4.03.0 does not properly handle sign extensions, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks […]

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FreeBSD 13 — flphoto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — flphoto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dcraw — integer overflow condition Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3885 Upstream summary: ocert reports: The dcraw tool, as well as several other projects re-using its code, suffers from an integer overflow condition […]

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How to Configure Kubernetes Persistent Volumes on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Kubernetes Persistent Volumes on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Configure Kubernetes Persistent Volumes on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 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 […]

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FreeBSD 13 — netdata — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — netdata — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: netdata — multiple vulnerabilities with streaming Upstream summary: Netdata reports: GHSA-xg38-3vmw-2978: Netdata Streaming Alert Command Injection GHSA-jx85-39cw-66f2: Netdata Streaming Authentication Bypass Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Common Problems 117404

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Unmet Dependencies After Partial Upgrade

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 June 2021 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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FreeBSD 13 — pypy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — pypy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Python — DoS via malformed XML-RPC / HTTP POST request Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0845 Upstream summary: Jan Lieskovsky reports, A denial of service flaw was found in the way Simple XML-RPC […]

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FreeBSD 13 — corkscrew — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — corkscrew — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: corkscrew — buffer overflow vulnerability Upstream summary: The affected corkscrew versions use sscanf calls without proper bounds checking. In the authentication file parsing routine this can cause an exploitable buffer […]

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FreeBSD 13 — plexhometheater — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — plexhometheater — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6761 CVE-2015-6818 CVE-2015-6819 CVE-2015-6820 CVE-2015-6821 CVE-2015-6822 CVE-2015-6823 CVE-2015-6824  +11 more Upstream summary: NVD reports: The ff_dwt_decode function in libavcodec/jpeg2000dwt.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.4 does […]

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Common Problems 113049

Windows Server 2016 – Failover cluster groups flap due to aggressive failback settings – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 June 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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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