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Category Archives: FreeBSD Security Advisories
FreeBSD Security Advisories: bind, libc
The FreeBSD Security Team has identified another issue in Bind and also one in libc. Software will always contain unintended issues and problems, but since FreeBSD is open source these get picked up and fixed up quickly. The following security advisories have … Continue reading
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FreeBSD Security Advisory (Bind)
The FreeBSD Security Team has identified an issue in Bind and has issued the following security advisory: FreeBSD-SA-12:06.bind (22/11/2012). I. Background BIND 9 is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. The named(8) daemon is an Internet Domain Name Server. II. … Continue reading
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FreeBSD Security Advisory (Bind)
The FreeBSD Security Team has identified an issue in Bind and has issued the following security advisory: FreeBSD-SA-12:05.bind.asc (06/08/2012). I. Background BIND 9 is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. The named(8) daemon is an Internet Domain Name Server. DNS Security Extensions … Continue reading
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FreeBSD Security Advisory (bind, sysret)
The FreeBSD Security Team has identified security vulnerabilities in bind and sysret. To find out if the FreeBSD version you’re running is affected and to read about the solutions to fix these issues, check out the links to the individual advisories.
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FreeBSD Security Advisory (Crypt)
The FreeBSD Security Team has identified an issue in crypt and has issued the following security advisory: FreeBSD-SA-12:02.crypt (30/05/2012). I. Background The crypt(3) function performs password hashing with additional code added to deter key search attempts. II. Problem Description There is a programming error in … Continue reading
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FreeBSD Security Advisory (OpenSSL)
The FreeBSD Security Team has identified a security issue in openssl. I. Background FreeBSD includes software from the OpenSSL Project. The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport … Continue reading
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FreeBSD quick news and links (GhostBSD, Centreon, FreeBSD Dev, iXsystems)
GhostBSD 2.5: A GNOME-ified FreeBSD 9.0 If you want to try out FreeBSD 9.0 this holiday but are not turned on by the actual FreeBSD 9.0 install and setup process, nor find the KDE desktop of PC-BSD 9.0 enjoyable, you may want … Continue reading
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FreeBSD Security Advisories (bind, compress unix)
The FreeBSD Security Team has identified security vulnerability bugs in bind, compress and unix. To find out if the FreeBSD version you’re running is affected and solutions to fix these vulnerabilities, check out the links to the individual advisories.
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