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Date:      Thu, 03 Jun 2004 13:01:45 -0500
From:      "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: openssh/ssl update probleme
Message-ID:  <6.1.1.1.2.20040603130112.00a8c0c8@localhost>
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At 12:55 PM 06/03/2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>"Thomas May" <thomas.may@x9media.com> writes:
>
> > i have installed freebsd 5.2.1 from the iso image. Openssh 3.6.1p1 and
> > openssl 0.97c has been installed.
>
>Right.
>
> > Because they have holes I want to install the newest ones.
>
>All of the known holes were patched at the time of release.  There are
>FreeBSD-specific additions to the version banner in order to
>differentiate it from the original OpenSSH releases in which the
>security issues existed.  To the best of my knowledge, no new security
>issues have come up in either openssh or openssl since FreeBSD 5.2.1
>was released.

What about this:

FreeBSD-SA-04:05.openssl


Didnt it come out AFTER the 5.2.1 release??

Jeff

>In other words, you probably do *not* have any security holes in
>either one.
>
> > If I install the openssl port or the openssh port, the update doesn't work.
>
>That isn't specific enough for me to help you with.
>
> > I also try the openssh-portable port with the new version, but it also 
> shows
> > me the old version.
>
>It sounds as though /usr/bin comes before /usr/local/bin on your path,
>so if you just type "ssh" you will get the old version.  Try
>"/usr/local/bin/ssh -V" and you will probably see the version number
>for the ssh installed from ports.
>
>Since you apparently aren't acquainted with the idea of a search path,
>you probably should start by getting up to speed on Unix before trying
>to deal with security topics; you are likely to make things worse
>rather than better.  An excellent starting place is
>http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html#fbsd
>particularly the "For People New to Both FreeBSD and Unix" tutorial.
>
>Good luck.
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