Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:24:57 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Nate Eldredge <neldredge@hmc.edu> Cc: security-officer@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:11.sendmail Message-ID: <20030826172457.GA58834@madman.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0308261012320.29506-100000@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <200308261643.h7QGhVrZ025321@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0308261012320.29506-100000@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 10:15:58AM -0700, Nate Eldredge wrote: > There appears to be a small but confusing error in this advisory. Hi! Thanks for the report. > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote: > > ... > > > V. Solution > > > > Do one of the following: > > > > 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE, 5.1-RELEASE, or to the > > RELENG_5_1, RELENG_4_8, or RELENG_4_7 security branch dated after the > > correction date (5.1-RELEASE-p11, 4.8-RELEASE-p4, or 4.7-RELEASE-p14, > > respectively). > > I assume this should be RELENG_5_0 and 5.0-RELEASE-p11. The error is a bit more confusing, even. It should have read: > 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE, 5.1-RELEASE, or to the > RELENG_5_1, RELENG_4_8, or RELENG_4_7 security branch dated after the > correction date (5.1-RELEASE-p2, 4.8-RELEASE-p4, or 4.7-RELEASE-p14, > respectively). We always recommend that one upgrades to the latest unaffected release, the latest stable branch, or latest supported security branch. 5.0-RELEASE is not a supported security branch any longer. Sorry for the confusion. I'll update the advisory on the ftp site. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine . NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal nectar@celabo.org . jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@freebsd.org . nectar@kth.se
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