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Subject: Re: CVE-2015-7547: critical bug in libc
To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
References: <20160217142410.18748906@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de>
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Cc: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>,
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From: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@FreeBSD.org>
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On 02/17/2016 08:19, Warren Block wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
>
>> A short note on the www.freebsd.org website would probably be helpful,
>> as this case will produce a lot of noise.
>
> Maybe a short article like we did for leap seconds?
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/leap-seconds/article.html
>

Articles are permanent, which makes sense for the recurring issue of
leap seconds.  This vulnerability is transient, so I would suggest a
news item.

Eric