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FreeBSD 15 — zabbix3-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — zabbix3-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Zabbix — Remote code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2824 CVE-2020-11800 Upstream summary: Zabbix reports: Fixed security vulnerability cve-2020-11800 (remote code execution). (ZBX-17600) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2026-1570 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-27856 CVE-2026-27857 CVE-2026-27858 CVE-2024-23184 CVE-2024-23185 Upstream summary: Doveadm credentials are verified using direct comparison which is susceptible to timing oracle attack. An attacker can use this to […]

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FreeBSD 15 — openzfs-kmod — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — openzfs-kmod — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: sysutils/openzfs-kmod — critical permissions issues Upstream summary: Andrew Walker reports: Issue 1: Users are always granted permissions to cd into a directory. The check for whether execute is present on […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — ImageMagick — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — ImageMagick — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2026-1611 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-33899 CVE-2026-33905 CVE-2026-33908 CVE-2026-40169 CVE-2026-40310 CVE-2026-40311 CVE-2026-28493 CVE-2026-28494  +12 more Upstream summary: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions […]

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How to Configure dnsmasq on FreeBSD 15 — step-by-step FreeBSD 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure dnsmasq on FreeBSD 15

Introduction Deploying configure dnsmasq on a FreeBSD 15 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 + ports approach so […]

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

FreeBSD 15 — yii — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: yii — Remote arbitrary PHP code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4672 Upstream summary: Yii PHP Framework developers report: We are releasing Yii 1.1.15 to fix a security issue found in 1.1.14. […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py314-wheel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py314-wheel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wheel — CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Related CVEs: CVE-2026-24049 Upstream summary: https://github.com/pypa/wheel/security/advisories/GHSA-8rrh-rw8j-w5fx reports: wheel is a command line tool for manipulating Python […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — maven-source-plugin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — maven-source-plugin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2025:9318 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10086 CVE-2025-48734 Upstream summary: The javapackages-tools packages provide macros and scripts to support Java packaging. Security Fix(es): * apache-commons-beanutils: does not suppresses the class property in PropertyUtilsBean by default […]

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FreeBSD 15 — vim-gnome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — vim-gnome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: vim — multiple vulnerabilities in the netrw module Related CVEs: CVE-2008-3076 Upstream summary: Jan Minar reports: Applying the “D'' to a file with a crafted file name, or inside a […]

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FreeBSD 13 — python313t — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — python313t — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 July 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Python — The webbrowser.open() API allows leading dashes Related CVEs: CVE-2025-15366 CVE-2025-15367 CVE-2026-0865 CVE-2026-1299 CVE-2026-4519 Upstream summary: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/143931 reports: The webbrowser.open() API would accept leading dashes in the URL which […]

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