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

FreeBSD 12 — ja-xv — 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: xv — filename handling format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0665 Upstream summary: A Gentoo Linux Security Advisory reports: Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team identified a flaw […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — zhcon — 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: zhcon — unauthorized file access Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0072 Upstream summary: Martin Joey Schulze reports: Erik Sjöund discovered that zhcon, a fast console CJK system using the Linux framebuffer, accesses a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — openldap-sasl-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — openldap-sasl-server — 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: openldap — slapd acl selfwrite Security Issue Related CVEs: CVE-2006-4600 Upstream summary: Howard Chu reports: An ACL of the form 'access to dn.subtree="ou=groups, dc=example,dc=com" attr=member by * selfwrite' is intended […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — zoo — 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: zoo — stack based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2006-0855 Upstream summary: Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux report a vulnerability within the zoo archiver. The vulnerability which is present in the fullpath() function (from […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — xfs — 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: xfs — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4568 Upstream summary: Matthieu Herrb reports: Problem Description: Several vulnerabilities have been identified in xfs, the X font server. The QueryXBitmaps and QueryXExtents protocol […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — unrar — 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: rar — password prompt buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0855 Upstream summary: iDefense reports: Remote exploitation of a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in RARLabs Unrar may allow an attacker […]

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

FreeBSD 15 — openssl-quictls — 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: OpenSSL — OOB memory access vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4160 CVE-2022-0778 CVE-2022-1292 CVE-2022-1343 CVE-2022-1434 CVE-2022-1473 CVE-2022-2068 CVE-2022-4203  +12 more Upstream summary: The OpenSSL project reports: Low-level invalid GF(2^m) parameters lead to […]

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FreeBSD 15 — php56-phar — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — php56-phar — 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: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5589 CVE-2015-5590 CVE-2015-6831 CVE-2015-6832 CVE-2015-6833 CVE-2015-7803 CVE-2015-7804 CVE-2015-8383  +12 more Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Table of […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — elinks — 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: elinks — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7224 Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: ELinks is prone to an off-by-one buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to accurately reference the last element […]

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

FreeBSD 15 — otrs — 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: OTRS — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0438 CVE-2010-2080 CVE-2010-4071 CVE-2011-1518 CVE-2011-2746 CVE-2012-2582 CVE-2012-4600 CVE-2012-4751  +12 more Upstream summary: OTRS reports: An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent […]

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