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Date:      Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:47:54 -0500
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@freebsd.org>
To:        Curry Searle <searle@unt.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Older releases? was Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip
Message-ID:  <20020419154754.GF31829@madman.nectar.cc>
In-Reply-To: <3CC02BB3.1030209@unt.edu>
References:  <20020418181744.45846.qmail@web14201.mail.yahoo.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020418135706.02192c60@nospam.lariat.org> <3CBFCF67.3119.3C78042@localhost> <20020419220844.D190@IPAustralia.Gov.AU> <3CC02BB3.1030209@unt.edu>

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On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 09:37:39AM -0500, Curry Searle wrote:
> The patch described in the advisory talks about 4.5-RELEASE.
> I'm running two systems on 4.3-RELEASE-p28; I am guessing they are 
> vulnerable.  If so, what steps do I follow to patch the system?

For this PARTICULAR advisory, the bug was introduced after
4.4-RELEASE, so there is no need for you to patch your system.


The answer for other issues in general are:

You are officially on your own.  The releases which are currently
supported by the Security Officer are 4.4 and 4.5 (as always, the
current release and the previous release).
 
> Upgrading is not an option since the fxp (QLogic fibre-channel HAB) 
> driver is very flaky since 4.4 and above.

The `fxp' driver is not the `QLogic fibre-channel HAB' driver.

> The patches seem to make relavent changes; I just want to be sure.

You may certainly back port patches to 4.3.  Maybe someone here will
be generous and backport the fix, test it, and post it to the list.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>                 http://www.nectar.cc/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se

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