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FreeBSD 13 — w3m-m17n — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — w3m-m17n — 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: w3m — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-6772 Upstream summary: An anonymous person reports: w3m-0.5.1 crashes when using the -dump or -backend options to open a HTTPS URL with a […]

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FreeBSD 13 — dovecot-managesieve — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — dovecot-managesieve — 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: dovecot-managesieve — Script Name Directory Traversal Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5301 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: The security issue is caused due to an input validation error when processing script names. This […]

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

FreeBSD 15 — pglogical — 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: pglogical — shell command injection in pglogical.create_subscription() Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3515 Upstream summary: 2ndQuadrant reports: Fix pg_dump/pg_restore execution (CVE-2021-3515) Correctly escape the connection string for both pg_dump and pg_restore so that […]

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FreeBSD 14 — php55-mbstring — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — php55-mbstring — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8874 CVE-2016-5766 CVE-2016-5767 CVE-2016-5768 CVE-2016-5769 CVE-2016-5770 CVE-2016-5771 CVE-2016-5772  +1 more Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Table of […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — ctorrent — 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: Enhanced cTorrent — stack-based overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1759 Upstream summary: Securityfocus reports: cTorrent and dTorrent are prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the software fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied […]

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FreeBSD 15 — rubygem-rexml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — rubygem-rexml — 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: 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 14 — couchdb — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — couchdb — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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: couchdb — information sharing via couchjs processes Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5650 CVE-2017-12635 CVE-2017-12636 CVE-2018-11769 CVE-2018-17188 CVE-2018-8007 CVE-2021-39205 CVE-2023-26268 Upstream summary: Nick Vatamane reports: Design documents with matching document IDs, from databases […]

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FreeBSD 13 — php4-mbstring — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php4-mbstring — 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: php-mbstring — php mbstring buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5557 Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: PHP is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform boundary checks before copying […]

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FreeBSD 15 — py39-numpy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — py39-numpy — 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: py-numpy — Missing return-value validation of the function PyArray_DescrNew Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41495 Upstream summary: Numpy reports: At most call-sites for PyArray_DescrNew, there are no validations of its return, but an […]

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FreeBSD 14 — php56-soap — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — php56-soap — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6831 CVE-2015-6832 CVE-2015-6833 CVE-2015-6834 CVE-2015-6835 CVE-2015-6836 CVE-2015-6837 CVE-2015-6838 Upstream summary: PHP reports: Core: Fixed bug #70755 (fpm_log.c memory leak and buffer overflow). GD: Fixed […]

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