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

FreeBSD 12 — libmms — 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: libmms — stack-based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2006-2200 Upstream summary: Mitre CVE reports: Stack-based buffer overflow in libmms, as used by (a) MiMMS 0.0.9 and (b) xine-lib 1.1.0 and earlier, […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ssh2-nox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ssh2-nox — 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: SSH.COM SFTP server — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-0705 Upstream summary: SSH Communications Security Corp reports a format string vulnerability in their SFTP server. This vulnerability could cause a […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — typespeed — 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: typespeed — arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0105 Upstream summary: Debian reports: Ulf Härnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a problem in typespeed, a touch-typist trainer disguised as […]

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FreeBSD 12 — w3m-m17n-img — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — w3m-m17n-img — 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: 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 12 — streamripper — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — streamripper — 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: streamripper — multiple buffer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4829 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A boundary error exists within http_parse_sc_header() in lib/http.c when parsing an overly long HTTP header starting with "Zwitterion […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — geeklog — 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: geeklog xss vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-3756 Upstream summary: Geeklog reports: MustLive pointed out a possible XSS in the form to email an article to a friend that we're fixing with […]

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FreeBSD 15 — mencoder — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — mencoder — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ffmpeg — remote denial of service in JPEG2000 decoder Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4610 CVE-2015-3395 CVE-2015-6761 CVE-2015-6818 CVE-2015-6819 CVE-2015-6820 CVE-2015-6821 CVE-2015-6822  +12 more Upstream summary: FFmpeg security reports: FFmpeg 2.8.6 fixes the […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-pango — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-pango — 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: 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 12 — ganglia-monitor-webfrontend — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ganglia-monitor-webfrontend — 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: ganglia — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0241 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Spike Spiegel has discovered a vulnerability in Ganglia which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php5-filter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-filter — 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: php-filter — Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2010-3710 Upstream summary: The following DoS condition in filter extension was fixed in PHP 5.3.4 and PHP 5.2.15: Stack consumption vulnerability in the […]

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