From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 18:52:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9A737B401 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net (mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC8743FA3 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:52:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parv_fm@mailsent.net) Received: from sdn-ap-009dcwashp0413.dialsprint.net ([63.188.81.159] helo=moo.holy.cow) by mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19n7Hl-0001dZ-00; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:52:17 -0700 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4A20AB180; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:55:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:55:00 -0400 From: parv To: Michael Conlen Message-ID: <20030814015459.GA52543@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Michael Conlen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3F3A9B2A.5020002@obfuscated.net> <3F3ABA19.8090607@obfuscated.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F3ABA19.8090607@obfuscated.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updates from 4.8-RELEASE to 4.8-RELEASE-p1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: f-questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 01:52:20 -0000 in message <3F3ABA19.8090607@obfuscated.net>, wrote Michael Conlen thusly... > > Michael Conlen wrote: > > >The second is a set of kernel patches a couple of days ago that > >are not related to the realpath() issue. > > > >What kind of issues are normally slipped in to a RELENG branch > >without a security notice? > > I also just noticed that in the last week the RELENG_4_8 branch > went from FreeBSD-4.8-p1 to FreeBSD-4.8-p3. Besides realpath changes in Aug 2003, so far this month changes (and advisories) were .... FreeBSD-SA-03:09.signal Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Insufficient range checking of signal numbers ... Announced: 2003-08-10 Affects: All releases of FreeBSD up to and including 4.8-RELEASE-p1, 5.1-RELEASE (but see `Problem Description' below) FreeBSD 4-STABLE prior to the correction date Corrected: ... 2003-08-10 23:19:35 UTC (RELENG_4_8) FreeBSD-SA-03:10.ibcs2 Security Advisory ... Topic: Kernel memory disclosure via ibcs2 ... Announced: 2003-08-10 Credits: David Rhodus Affects: All FreeBSD releases up to and including 4.8-RELEASE-p2, 5.1-RELEASE-p1 Corrected: ... 2003-08-10 23:31:11 UTC (RELENG_4_8) - Parv -- A programmer, budding Unix system administrator, and amateur photographer seeks employment: http://www103.pair.com/parv/work/