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NetBSD 9.4 — boost-libs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — boost-libs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0171 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged boost-libs<1.34.1nb1 for vulnerability class 'denial-of-service'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0171 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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FreeBSD 14 — libevhtp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — libevhtp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: oniguruma — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9224 CVE-2017-9226 CVE-2017-9227 CVE-2017-9228 Upstream summary: the PHP project reports: A stack out-of-bounds read occurs in match_at() during regular expression searching. A logical error […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — libXtst — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — libXtst — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7951 CVE-2016-7952 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged libXtst<1.2.2 for vulnerability class 'buffer-overflow'. Reference: http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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How to Install Node.js on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Node.js on FreeBSD 14

Introduction Deploying install node.js on freebsd 14 on a FreeBSD 14 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 + […]

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FreeBSD 14 — fcron — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — fcron — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fcron — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1030 CVE-2004-1031 CVE-2004-1032 CVE-2004-1033 Upstream summary: An iDEFENSE Security Advisory states: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Fcron. File contents disclosure Configuration Bypass Vulnerability […]

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FreeBSD 14 — libXdmcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — libXdmcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libXdmcp — insufficient entropy generating session keys Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2625 Upstream summary: The freedesktop and x.org project reports: It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.3 used weak entropy to generate […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — ghostscript-afpl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — ghostscript-afpl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged ghostscript-afpl<8.51nb1 for vulnerability class 'insecure-temp-files'. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/12903/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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FreeBSD 14 — php55-odbc — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — php55-odbc — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 21 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~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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How to Configure MariaDB Galera Cluster on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure MariaDB Galera Cluster on FreeBSD 14

Introduction Deploying configure mariadb galera cluster on freebsd 14 on a FreeBSD 14 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 […]

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