From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 1 03:00:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A5D128; Wed, 1 May 2013 03:00:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onyx.glenbarber.us (onyx.glenbarber.us [199.48.134.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A6C1394; Wed, 1 May 2013 03:00:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from glenbarber.us (kaos.glenbarber.us [71.224.221.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: gjb) by onyx.glenbarber.us (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 103C723F804; Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:57 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.2 onyx.glenbarber.us 103C723F804 Authentication-Results: onyx.glenbarber.us; dkim=none reason="no signature"; dkim-adsp=none Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:55 -0400 From: Glen Barber To: Melanie Schulte Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-13:05.nfsserver Message-ID: <20130501030055.GF1579@glenbarber.us> References: <201304292208.QAA16119@lariat.net> <20130430034603.GF1588@glenbarber.us> <201304300416.WAA20729@lariat.net> <20130430042415.GG1588@glenbarber.us> <201304301936.NAA02519@lariat.net> <20130430211531.GA1621@glenbarber.us> <201304302241.QAA05359@lariat.net> <20130430224850.GA1579@glenbarber.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Zs/RYxT/hKAHzkfQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 03:00:59 -0000 --Zs/RYxT/hKAHzkfQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 04:47:48AM +0200, Melanie Schulte wrote: > Hi, >=20 > >I disagree that there is a problem, however, since users building a > >custom kernel should _not_ use freebsd-update(8) for kernel > >upgrades. >=20 > Could you please elaborate on that? I have also built my own kernel on > my servers and I must have missed the section in the handbook saying > that running a custom kernel implies that freebsd-update should not be > used. >=20 > Given a security problem, I don't want to spend hours recompiling my > base system whereas freebsd-update fixed the problem in seconds. >=20 freebsd-update(8) _always_ installs GENERIC. Glen --Zs/RYxT/hKAHzkfQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRgIVnAAoJEFJPDDeguUaju+YH/2fAWKRQoJsHGcLHbhKnDIDG LfXaCkVNxnMqAydrw+gS+wfZRKWi1Yg/lNoQt2gxP8xT8j2PSGEVriDI4j/GjwBt pZ0ndT656kfE/OJGOQ8xAoU+5lGR8aSqdkQdk2puyBfRM78AC4jQ3AnJK+qkoaQO PS49nFNOOSuQ047/hBitxA5RKYRgqzNbVHi5UA7NsF9f/FxfCz/5vpTTqO2Otel7 lnGhUDg0vsi1imS78lUYN2DprvRqbbWfsy89hK47khUTTh8y7BJSd9zR/w4d7H52 U5ndr6J+PC53NRHdN2Iyn8l9K8nAX511M0NFfb1gSUTsgDIt6CCLlsDo2Qtrxlk= =g+ty -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Zs/RYxT/hKAHzkfQ--