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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:29:49 -0800
From:      Mike <addymin@pacbell.net>
To:        chris <wacky@wacky.ws>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Where is OpenSSH?
Message-ID:  <4060902D.2050705@pacbell.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040323034208.GC37516@eclipse.wacky.ws>
References:  <405FADAD.3010107@pacbell.net> <20040323034208.GC37516@eclipse.wacky.ws>

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chris wrote:

> Openssh is part of the base system so you wont see it via pkg_info.

Ok, thanks. So where in the base system do I find what version of 
OpenSSH that is being used?

So, if I understand this right...  That means that if OpenSSH really 
needs upgrading, then I would need to upgrade the base system?  Would 
this entail upgrading the kernel?

> If you are looking to upgrade to a version other than what is in the  
> base system look at  
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html. 

Thanks for the tip, but I'm not interested in upgrading to a version 
that is not in the base system.

> Once you are familiar with ports take a look in /usr/ports/security for 
> a more recent release. As far as security updates go take a look at
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/ for a list of  
> security advisories and details about patching them.
> 

Ok, I see the OpenSSH advisory (FreeBSD-SA-04:05.openssl), why isn't 
this advisory on the 4.9 errata's "late breaking news" or for that 
matter, why isn't this advisory found on this page (anywhere)?


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> On 03/22/04 22:23:25, Miguel wrote:
> 
>> Greetings:
>>
>> I have several RH-9 servers that I'd like to migrate to FreeBSD 4.9  
>> latter this year.  So I put up a test 4.9 server to get fully  
>> acquainted before heading off to a new universe [grin].
>>
>> My Question: I read a CERT notification about the OpenSSH  
>> vulnerability (just a few days ago) so if needed, I'd like to apply  
>> an upgraded OpenSSH to the FreeBSD server. But when I went to the  
>> freebsd.org's errata page  
>> (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.9R/errata.html), I didn't see a  
>> reporting of the OpenSSH vulnerability.
>>
>> Is FreeBSD's OpenSSH not vulnerable then? (I guess not??)
>>
>> However...  where is OpenSSH?
>>
>> After running cvsup and "make index && make readmes", I ran  
>> "pkg_version -v".  The output showed that all of my installed  
>> programs were up to date with the ports (am I reading this right?).
>>
>> I ran "pkg_info" and there was no OpenSSH, only "OpenSSH-askpass".
>>
>> [BTW, here is my supfile]
>> *default host=cvsup6.FreeBSD.org
>> *default base=/usr
>> *default prefix=/usr
>> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_9
>> *default delete use-rel-suffix
>>
>> On my Redhat boxes I just run "apt-get" and the patched OpenSSH  
>> packages are right there.
>>
>> I'm fairly new at FreeBSD so please forgive my stumblings about :)
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
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