by Cao | Mar 16, 2018 | FreeBSD Security Advisories
The security team at FreeBSD has made a patch available for the Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability. Please take the steps necessary to make sure your system is protected. Below you will find the link to the full security announcement. I. Background Many modern...
by Cao | Jan 12, 2018 | FreeBSD Security Advisories
The FreeBSD Security Team have issued a notice regarding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability, known to affect many Intel systems around the world. A fix is in progress and will be announced soon.You may view the report from various websites below. By now, we're...
by Cao | Oct 23, 2017 | FreeBSD Security Advisories
Last week the FreeBSD Security Team issued a notice regarding a WPA2 protocol vulnerability. Please see their message below to take the appropriate steps in keeping your FreeBSD system secure. UPDATE: A patch has been released in the follow up mailing list message....
by Cao | Jan 13, 2017 | FreeBSD Security Advisories
A FreeBSD Security Advisory concerning an OpenSSH vulnerability has recently been issued. You can view the full description of the vulnerability and solution on the mailing list page. User Vivek Gite also provides a solution for the problem below. I. Background...
by Cao | Jun 3, 2016 | FreeBSD Security Advisories, PS4, Security
FreeBSD security researcher CTurt, known for his recent work in the PS4 kernel exploit, outlines a recent FreeBSD kernel vulnerability found in iotcl handlers. In addition, check out his article on vulnerabilities in FreeBSD compatibility layers. Every FreeBSD...
by Cao | Jan 27, 2016 | FreeBSD Security Advisories, Security
The FreeBSD Team has recently patched a security vulnerability that would enable DoS attacks and compromise user privileges and data. Read the full reported by Theatpost and PTsecurity below. SCTP ICMPv6 error processing vulnerability (CVE-2016-1879) SCTP (stream...
