Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:11:24 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1047172285.70e9d4@mired.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Oscar Ricardo Silva <osilva@scuff.cc.utexas.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:04.sendmail Message-ID: <15971.64828.928573.787891@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030303224113.GC73696@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <200303031711.h23HBbVf059406@freefall.freebsd.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20030303155440.01a87a80@scuff.cc.utexas.edu> <20030303224113.GC73696@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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In <20030303224113.GC73696@rot13.obsecurity.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> typed: > On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:56:40PM -0600, Oscar Ricardo Silva wrote: > > Anybody know how we should approach this for older versions of FreeBSD? Is > > upgrading source and rebuilding the only way? I was wondering if there > > were binary versions or patches for older versions so we don't have > > upgrade, rebuild and reboot. > What you see in the advisory is all that is provided by FreeBSD. If > you're on an older release, it's not supported any longer and you need > to figure out how to fix it on your own. That may involve upgrading > to a supported release, or manually fixing the problem described in > the advisory. In this case you can probably disable the base system > sendmail and use the sendmail port. Or the postfix port, or the qmail port, or the exim port. At least two of those three have had zero security problems, and it's probably true for all three of them. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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