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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-activejob — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-activejob — 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: Rails — Active Job vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16476 Upstream summary: Ruby on Rails blog: Rails 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1 and 5.2.1.1 have been released! These contain the following important security fixes, […]

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FreeBSD 12 — jabber — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — jabber — 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: fd_set — bitmap index overflow in multiple applications Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1378 Upstream summary: 3APA3A reports: If programmer fails to check socket number before using select() or fd_set macros, it's possible […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ja-lynx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-lynx — 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: lynx — SSL certificate validation error Related CVEs: CVE-2005-3120 Upstream summary: Axel Beckert reports: […] I was able to capture the password given on the commandline in traffic of an […]

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FreeBSD 14 — php70-imap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — php70-imap — security advisory — 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: php-imap — imap_open allows to run arbitrary shell commands via mailbox parameter Upstream summary: The PHP team reports: imap_open allows to run arbitrary shell commands via mailbox parameter. Table of […]

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FreeBSD 14 — quassel-core — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — quassel-core — security advisory — 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: quassel — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Gentoo reports: quasselcore: corruption of heap metadata caused by qdatastream leading to preauth remote code execution. Severity: high, by default the server port is […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py39-notebook — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py39-notebook — security advisory — 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: jupyter notebook — open redirect vulnerability Upstream summary: Jupyter reports: 6.1.5 is a security release, fixing one vulnerability: Fix open redirect vulnerability GHSA-c7vm-f5p4-8fqh (CVE to be assigned) Table of contents […]

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FreeBSD 14 — grub2-bhyve — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — grub2-bhyve — security advisory — 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: grub2-bhyve — multiple privilege escalations Upstream summary: Reno Robert reports: FreeBSD uses a two-process model for running a VM. For booting non-FreeBSD guests, a modified grub-emu is used (grub-bhyve). Grub-bhyve […]

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