From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 14:11:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C586416A417 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:11:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jl@burghcom.com) Received: from atomic.burghcom.com (atomic.burghcom.com [209.114.176.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64B7713C4E9 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:11:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jl@burghcom.com) Received: (qmail 66737 invoked by uid 65534); 26 Jul 2007 13:45:20 -0000 Received: from 166.73.55.212 ([166.73.55.212]) by atomic.burghcom.com (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:45:20 -0400 Message-ID: <20070726094520.rb9eu8wsg0ggggsw@atomic.burghcom.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:45:20 -0400 From: Jeff Love To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <01e101c7cecb$380e6960$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <46A78AB3.9090805@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <46A78AB3.9090805@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.1) Subject: Re: bind exploit, patch expected? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:11:59 -0000 > Steven Hartland wrote: >> I assume the security team are already working on this but >> cant hurt to ask: > > Before you ask questions on a public list it's generally considered > polite to do a little checking yourself, especially in an open source > project. As Mike pointed out, the secteam had already addressed this > issue on -security, and I had already followed up in detail regarding > the upgrade plans. > > In addition, at the time you posted the updates had all been done in > the ports, HEAD (-current), and RELENG_[56] (5 and 6-stable). > > In any case, it's good that you're on top of your security > announcements, and I'm glad to say that this time anyway we're one > step ahead. :) > > Doug I disagree that this should not have been posted here. I agree that it 'can't hurt'. Thanks for the heads up, Steve. Jeff Love Burgh Gaming