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FreeBSD 12 — xscreensaver-gnome-hacks — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — xscreensaver-gnome-hacks — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xscreensaver – lock bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8025 Upstream summary: RedHat bugzilla reports: In dual screen configurations, unplugging one screen will cause xscreensaver to crash, leaving the screen unlocked. Table of […]

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FreeBSD 15 — exim — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — exim — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: exim — SQL injection Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0400 CVE-2005-0021 CVE-2005-0022 CVE-2010-4345 CVE-2011-0017 CVE-2011-1407 CVE-2011-1764 CVE-2012-5671  +6 more Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: Exim 4.98 before 4.98.1, when SQLite hints and ETRN serialization […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — postsrsd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: postsrsd — Denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35573 Upstream summary: postsrsd developer reports: PostSRSd could be tricked into consuming a lot of CPU time with an SRS address that […]

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FreeBSD 14 — linux-c7-libxml — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — linux-c7-libxml — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libxml2 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2025-49794 CVE-2025-49795 CVE-2025-6021 CVE-2025-6170 Upstream summary: Alan Coopersmith reports: As discussed in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/913 the security policy of libxml2 has been changed to disclose vulnerabilities […]

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FreeBSD 15 — smbftpd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — smbftpd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: smbftpd — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5184 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Format string vulnerability in the SMBDirList function in dirlist.c in SmbFTPD 0.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py311-impacket — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py311-impacket — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-impacket — multiple path traversal vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-31800 Upstream summary: asolino reports: Multiple path traversal vulnerabilities exist in smbserver.py in Impacket through 0.9.22. An attacker that connects to a […]

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FreeBSD 15 — prosody — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — prosody — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Prosody XMPP server advisory 2026-04-29 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-0756 CVE-2016-1231 CVE-2016-1232 CVE-2021-32917 CVE-2021-32918 CVE-2021-32919 CVE-2021-32920 CVE-2021-32921  +6 more Upstream summary: The Prosody team reports: Traffic patterns were discovered which can cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — piwik — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — piwik — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: piwik — XSS vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4137 CVE-2010-1453 CVE-2010-2786 CVE-2015-7815 CVE-2015-7816 Upstream summary: Piwik reports: We have identified and fixed several XSS security issues in this release. Table of contents […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ghostscript8-x — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ghostscript8-x — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — exploitable buffer overflow in (T)BCP in PS interpreter Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3228 CVE-2023-28879 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to […]

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FreeBSD 13 — json-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — json-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: json-c — integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12762 Upstream summary: Tobias Stöckmann reports: I have discovered a way to trigger an out of […]

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