Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:13:15 -0700 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: Stevan Tiefert <stevan@rot-1.de> Cc: List Free Bsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: security advisories and the creating time of my system Message-ID: <53d061912c77b7bb09817f6bf60a5ed5@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <20050302185115.I25321@mail.rot-1.de> References: <20050302162016.W24958@mail.rot-1.de> <20050302154409.GO3678@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> <20050302161524.GR3678@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> <20050302174545.GT3678@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> <20050302185115.I25321@mail.rot-1.de>
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Gruss On Mar 2, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Stevan Tiefert wrote: >> >> $FreeBSD: src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c,v 1.92 2003/10/26 04:36:47 >> peter Exp $ >> >> Basically, if your sources, or the particular source file in question, >> are not newer than correction date listed in the security alert then >> you >> need to follow the directions to fix or workaround the problem. >> >> Nathan >> > > Hello Nathan, > > in a security advisory in part V. is written: > > V. Solution > > Perform one of the following: > > 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE or 5-STABLE, or to the > RELENG_5_3, RELENG_5_2, RELENG_4_10, or RELENG_4_8 security branch > dated > after the correction date. > > Can you say me how to get of a running system the date? Because if the > system is after the correction date I do not have to download via ftp. > If > not I have to... > Do you have sources (/usr/src tree) on your system? Then do what nathan said -- look at the date in the source file for the thing the security advisory was about. There are also various patch levels, though I am not sure where they are documented. That would show in the "uname -a" as for example "5.3-RELEASE-p5" Chad
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