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Date:      Tue, 6 Aug 2002 00:51:51 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        sigma@smx.pair.com
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: zlib 1.1.4
Message-ID:  <20020806075151.GA59261@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020804122115.82777.qmail@smx.pair.com>
References:  <20020804122115.82777.qmail@smx.pair.com>

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On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 08:21:15AM -0400, sigma@smx.pair.com wrote:
> 
> Is there some reason zlib 1.1.3 seems to be part of 4.6-STABLE?  cvsweb
> shows 1.1.4 imported "on the vendor branch".  There was a major security
> advisory in March 2002 for 1.1.3.  A diff suggests only minor changes
> between the 1.1.4 source (from gzip.org) and the source used by 4.6-STABLE,
> but it's still labeled 1.1.3, which is enough to raise questions.

The version in -stable contains all necessary bugfixes, as is apparent
from the FreeBSD security advisory on this topic.

Kris

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