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The FreeBSD Foundation has announced
the release of a security
audit report conducted by security firm Synacktiv. The audit uncovered
a number of vulnerabilities:

Most of these vulnerabilities have been addressed through official FreeBSD
Project security advisories, which offer detailed information
about each vulnerability, its impact, and the measures implemented to
improve the security of FreeBSD systems. […]

The audit uncovered 27 vulnerabilities and issues within various
FreeBSD subsystems. 7 issues were not exploitable and were robustness
or code quality improvements rather than immediate security concerns.