Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 14:50:18 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.6? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970207145017.00a819c0@dimaga.com>
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At 03:20 PM 2/6/97 -0500, you wrote: > >Whats with 2.1.6R? What happened to the packages section on >the ftp server? Security problem which had a lot of people feeling extra threathened because of the number of binaries it hit - but a security hole is a security hole until it is patched, and how many different things an intruder can write at the command line to get root doesn't really matter, as long as a single patch can fix it. An extraordinary release 2.1.7 is being rolled within a few days to remove this hole (and numerous others). A patch was released recently - check out http://www.freebsd.org/newsflash.html for more info. I believe a binary patchkit is also in the works, dropping the need for full recompile. Eivind Eklund perhaps@yes.no http://maybe.yes.no/perhaps/ eivind@freebsd.org
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