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

FreeBSD 13 — xscreensaver — 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: 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 13 — remind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — remind — 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: remind — buffer overflow with malicious reminder file input Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5957 Upstream summary: Dianne Skoll reports: BUG FIX: Fix a buffer overflow found by Alexander Keller. The bug can […]

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FreeBSD 13 — ghostscript9-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ghostscript9-base — 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: ghostscript — denial of service (crash) via crafted Postscript files Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3228 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: Integer overflow in the gs_heap_alloc_bytes function in base/gsmalloc.c in Ghostscript 9.15 and earlier […]

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

FreeBSD 15 — rubygem-uri — 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: rubygem-uri — ReDoS vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28755 Upstream summary: Dominic Couture reports: A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific […]

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FreeBSD 14 — mariadb1011-client — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — mariadb1011-client — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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: MariaDB — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2026-44168 CVE-2026-44169 CVE-2026-44170 CVE-2026-44171 CVE-2026-44172 CVE-2026-44173 Upstream summary: The MariaDB project reports: See linked CVE's for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-bson — 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: rubygem-bson — DoS and possible injection Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4412 Upstream summary: Phill MV reports: By submitting a specially crafted string to a service relying on the bson rubygem, an attacker […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — darktable — 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: dcraw — integer overflow condition Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3885 Upstream summary: ocert reports: The dcraw tool, as well as several other projects re-using its code, suffers from an integer overflow condition […]

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FreeBSD 14 — linux-sun-jdk — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — linux-sun-jdk — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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: java 7.x — security manager bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1029 CVE-2005-1080 CVE-2007-5232 CVE-2012-4681 CVE-2013-0433 Upstream summary: US CERT reports: Java 7 Update 10 and earlier versions of Java 7 contain a […]

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FreeBSD 13 — wesnoth-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — wesnoth-devel — 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: Wesnoth — Remote information disclosure Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0844 Upstream summary: US-CERT/NIST reports: The WML/Lua API in Battle for Wesnoth 1.7.x through 1.11.x and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to […]

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FreeBSD 15 — plasma5-plasma-workspace — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — plasma5-plasma-workspace — 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: 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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