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Alex Huth <a.huth@tmr.net> writes:
> I am new to patching systems, so forgive "stupid" questions. We have
> some 6.1 systems. Are or will there be a patch for them or are they
> not involved in this problem?

Support for 6.1 ended one and a half years ago (almost to the day), so
no to the first part of your question.  As to the second: yes, 6.1 is
most likely affected.

There is a good chance (but no guarantee) that the patch for 6.3 will
apply cleanly on 6.1.  The security advisory will contain instructions
on how to apply and deploy the patch.

> How do i apply such a patch? With freebsd-update? As far as i know is
> this tool only for systems >=3D 6.3 or?

freebsd-update will work on 6.3 since 6.3 is still supported (until the
end of January).

DES
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