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FreeBSD 12 — typo — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — typo — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: typo3 — Missing access check in Extbase Related CVEs: CVE-2007-1081 CVE-2009-0255 CVE-2009-0256 CVE-2009-0257 CVE-2009-0258 CVE-2009-0815 CVE-2009-0816 CVE-2009-3628  +12 more Upstream summary: TYPO3 reports: Extbase request handling fails to implement a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-Elixir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-Elixir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py39-Elixir — weak use of cryptography Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2146 Upstream summary: Red Hat Security Response Team reports: Elixir 0.8.0 uses Blowfish in CFB mode without constructing a unique initialization vector […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — gnomevfs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gnomevfs — unsafe URI handling Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0494 Upstream summary: Alexander Larsson reports that some versions of gnome-vfs and MidnightCommander contain a number of `extfs' scripts that do not properly […]

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Arch Linux — packagekit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — packagekit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202106-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16121 Upstream summary: Type: information disclosure. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.1.13-1. Fixed in: 1.2.3-1. Group: AVG-1260. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — httpcomponents-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — httpcomponents-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5239-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13956 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HttpClient mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. Table […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — bind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — bind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1145)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 February 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1145 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5743 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 cannot mount NTFS partition

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 February 2020 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication for SSH on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication for SSH on FreeBSD 12

Introduction FreeBSD 12 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up set up two-factor authentication for ssh on freebsd 12 on FreeBSD 12 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — uwsgi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: uwsgi — a stack-based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6758 Upstream summary: Uwsgi developers report: It was discovered that the uwsgi_expand_path function in utils.c in Unbit uWSGI, an application container server, […]

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FreeBSD 12 — xinetd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — xinetd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 February 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xinetd — ignores user and group directives for TCPMUX services Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0862 CVE-2013-4342 Upstream summary: xinetd would execute configured TCPMUX services without dropping privilege to match the service configuration […]

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