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

FreeBSD 15 — virtualbox — 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: virtualbox — privilege escalation Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3692 Upstream summary: Sun reports: A security vulnerability in the VBoxNetAdpCtl configuration tool for certain Sun VirtualBox 3.0 packages may allow local unprivileged users […]

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FreeBSD 14 — plasma6-plasma-workspace — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — plasma6-plasma-workspace — 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: plasma[56]-plasma-workspace — Unauthorized users can access session manager Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36041 Upstream summary: David Edmundson reports: KSmserver, KDE's XSMP manager, incorrectly allows connections via ICE based purely on the host, […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libvncserver — multiple buffer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2014-6051 CVE-2014-6052 CVE-2014-6053 CVE-2014-6054 CVE-2014-6055 CVE-2016-9941 CVE-2016-9942 Upstream summary: libvnc server reports: Two unrelated buffer overflows can be used by a malicious server […]

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FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-rexml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-rexml — 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: ruby — XML round-trip vulnerability in REXML Related CVEs: CVE-2021-28965 Upstream summary: Juho Nurminen reports: When parsing and serializing a crafted XML document, REXML gem (including the one bundled with […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py33-cryptography — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py33-cryptography — 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: py-cryptography — vulnerable HKDF key generation Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9243 Upstream summary: Alex Gaynor reports: Fixed a bug where “HKDF“ would return an empty byte-string if used with a “length“ less […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — rabbitmq-c — 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: RabbitMQ-C — auth credentials visible in commandline tool options Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18609 CVE-2023-35789 Upstream summary: hadmut reports: This C library includes 2 command-line tools that can take credentials as command-line […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — quiche — 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: quiche — Infinite loop triggered by connection ID retirement Related CVEs: CVE-2024-1410 CVE-2024-1765 CVE-2025-4820 CVE-2025-4821 CVE-2025-7054 Upstream summary: Quiche Releases reports: This update includes 1 security fix: High CVE-2025-7054: Infinite […]

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FreeBSD 15 — linux-f8-pango — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — linux-f8-pango — 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: pango — integer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1194 Upstream summary: oCERT reports: Pango suffers from a multiplicative integer overflow which may lead to a potentially exploitable, heap overflow depending on the […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py311-ipython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py311-ipython — 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: ipython — Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21699 Upstream summary: IPython project reports: IPython 8.0.1, 7.31.1 and 5.11 are security releases that change some default values in order to […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: adns — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9103 CVE-2017-9104 CVE-2017-9105 CVE-2017-9106 CVE-2017-9107 CVE-2017-9108 CVE-2017-9109 Upstream summary: Ian Jackson and the adns project reports: Vulnerable applications: all adns callers. Exploitable by: the […]

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