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

FreeBSD 12 — procmail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: procmail — Heap-based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16844 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: A remote attacker could use a flaw to cause formail to crash, resulting in a denial of service […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-perl/File-Find-Rule — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-perl/File-Find-Rule — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202506-10 Related CVEs: CVE-2011-10007 Upstream summary: File-Find-Rule uses the legacy '2-arg' open() call which is susceptible to shell injection via malicious filenames. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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FreeBSD 12 — racoon — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — racoon — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: racoon — remote denial-of-service Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0155 CVE-2004-0164 CVE-2004-0183 CVE-2004-0184 CVE-2004-0392 CVE-2004-0403 CVE-2005-0398 Upstream summary: Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the racoon ISAKMP daemon could be crashed with a maliciously crafted […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — pdfjam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pdfjam — insecure temporary files Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5743 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Some security issues have been reported in PDFjam, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform […]

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Gentoo Linux — sys-cluster/libqb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sys-cluster/libqb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-03 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12779 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libqb used predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and /tmp) without O_EXCL. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — phpbb — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: phpbb3 — multiple issues Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1315 CVE-2005-0258 CVE-2005-0259 CVE-2005-2086 CVE-2005-3310 CVE-2005-3415 CVE-2005-3416 CVE-2005-3417  +6 more Upstream summary: phpbb developers reports: Password updater working with PostgreSQL – The cron for […]

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Arch Linux — kauth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — kauth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201705-12 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8422 Upstream summary: Type: privilege escalation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 5.33.0-1. Fixed in: 5.33.0-2. Group: AVG-269. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mysql80-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mysql80-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MySQL — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9843 CVE-2018-0739 CVE-2018-2767 CVE-2018-3054 CVE-2018-3056 CVE-2018-3058 CVE-2018-3060 CVE-2018-3061  +12 more Upstream summary: Oracle reports: See linked CVE's for details. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libwpd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libwpd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SA:2007:023 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0002 CVE-2017-14226 CVE-2018-19208 Upstream summary: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd) before 0.8.9 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of […]

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How to Set Up Pacemaker and Corosync on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Pacemaker and Corosync on FreeBSD 12

Introduction This guide explains how to Set Up Pacemaker and Corosync on FreeBSD 12 on FreeBSD 12. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum for […]

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