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

FreeBSD 12 — vte — 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: vte — Classic terminal title set+query attack Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2713 Upstream summary: Kees Cook reports: Janne Snabb discovered that applications using VTE, such as gnome-terminal, did not correctly filter window […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — cfs — 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: security/cfs — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2002-0351 Upstream summary: Debian reports: Zorgon found several buffer overflows in cfsd, a daemon that pushes encryption services into the Unix(tm) file system. We […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p5-Config-IniFiles — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p5-Config-IniFiles — 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: p5-Config-IniFiles — unsafe temporary file creation Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2451 Upstream summary: Unsafe Temporary file creation Config::IniFiles used a predictable name for its temporary file without opening it correctly. Table of […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py26-pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py26-pycrypto — 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: pycrypto — PRNG reseed race condition Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1445 Upstream summary: Dwayne Litzenberger reports: In PyCrypto before v2.6.1, the Crypto.Random pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) exhibits a race condition that may […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py27-graphite-web — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py27-graphite-web — 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: py-graphite-web — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-5093 Upstream summary: Graphite developers report: This release contains several security fixes for cross-site scripting (XSS) as well as a fix for a remote-execution […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem18-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem18-dragonfly — 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: rubygem-dragonfly — arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1756 Upstream summary: Mark Evans reports: Unfortnately there is a security vulnerability in Dragonfly when used with Rails which would potentially allow an […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem19-activemodel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem19-activemodel — 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: Ruby Activemodel Gem — Circumvention of attr_protected Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0276 Upstream summary: Aaron Patterson reports: The attr_protected method allows developers to specify a blacklist of model attributes which users should […]

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FreeBSD 14 — postfix-policyd-weight — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — postfix-policyd-weight — 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: postfix-policyd-weight — working directory symlink vulnerability Upstream summary: postfix-policyd-weight does not check for symlink for its working directory. If the working directory is not already setup by the super root, […]

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FreeBSD 14 — zabbix — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — zabbix — 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: zabbix — php frontend multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the ZABBIX PHP frontend, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site […]

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