FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-04:01.mksnap_ffs

[Colin Percival]

At 16:07 30/01/2004, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
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>FreeBSD-SA-04:01.mksnap_ffs                                 Security Advisory
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>V.   Solution
>Do one of the following:
>
>1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to the RELENG_5_1 or RELENG_5_2
>security branch dated after the correction date.
>
>2) To patch your present system [...]

   As usual, there is a third option here: I'm building binary
security updates and distributing them via the FreeBSD Update
port (security/freebsd-update in the ports tree).  For systems
running an official RELEASE plus security patches, this provides
an easier update method than building from source.  To use these
updates:

1) Install FreeBSD Update and copy the sample configuration file
into place:

# cd /usr/ports/security/freebsd-update && make install clean
# cp /usr/local/etc/freebsd-update.conf.sample 
/usr/local/etc/freebsd-update.conf

2) Fetch and install updates:

# /usr/local/sbin/freebsd-update fetch
# /usr/local/sbin/freebsd-update install

   For more details see http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ .

   Note that this is something I'm providing personally; it is
in no way endorsed by the Security Officer or the Project as
a whole.

Colin Percival