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FreeBSD 13 — openoffice.org-2-RC — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — openoffice.org-2-RC — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2237 CVE-2008-2238 Upstream summary: The OpenOffice Team reports: A security vulnerability with the way OpenOffice 2.x process WMF files may allow a […]

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How to Configure Docker Networking on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Docker Networking on FreeBSD 12

Introduction Deploying configure docker networking on freebsd 12 on a FreeBSD 12 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 13 — rawstudio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rawstudio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 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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FreeBSD 13 — pyblosxom — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pyblosxom — atom flavor multiple XML injection vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Security Focus reports: PyBlosxom is prone to multiple XML-injection vulnerabilities because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before […]

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FreeBSD 13 — f2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — f2c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~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 13 — activemq — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — activemq — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: activemq — Unsafe deserialization Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5254 CVE-2016-0734 CVE-2016-0782 Upstream summary: Alvaro Muatoz, Matthias Kaiser and Christian Schneider reports: JMS Object messages depends on Java Serialization for marshaling/unmashaling of the […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — sane-backends — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — sane-backends — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4470-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6318 CVE-2020-12861 CVE-2020-12862 CVE-2020-12863 CVE-2020-12864 CVE-2020-12865 CVE-2020-12866 CVE-2020-12867 Upstream summary: Kritphong Mongkhonvanit discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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How to Set Up a FreeBSD Jail for Web Hosting on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a FreeBSD Jail for Web Hosting on FreeBSD 13 (ON-FREEBSD-13)

Introduction How to Set Up a FreeBSD Jail for Web Hosting 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 […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gsl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gsl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6472-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35357 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNU Scientific Library incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially […]

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