FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-04:12.jailroute

[Kyle Mott]

If we are running RELENG_4, will we still receive the fix? I ask because
it says to upgrade to 4.10-RELEASE, RELENG_4_8, or RELENG_4_9. Am I
misunderstanding the RELENG tags?
 
 
 
-Kyle Mott

 
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-security at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> security at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Colin Percival
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:19 AM
> To: freebsd-security at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-04:12.jailroute
> 
> At 22:06 07/06/2004, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
> >FreeBSD-SA-04:12.jailroute                                  Security
> Advisory
> >Affects:        All FreeBSD 4.x releases prior to 4.10-RELEASE
> 
>   As a few people have noted, this should read "FreeBSD 4.8 and 4.9";
this
> bug
> never existed in earlier versions of FreeBSD.
>   That said, FreeBSD 4.7 and earlier are no longer officially
supported,
> and it
> is highly recommended that people upgrade to a newer version, since
there
> have
> been recent security advisories concerning issues to which earlier
> releases are
> still vulnerable.
> 
> >V.   Solution
> 
> >Do one of the following:
> >
> >1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4.10-RELEASE, or to the
RELENG_4_8
> >or RELENG_4_9 security branch dated after the correction date.
> >
> >OR
> >
> >2) Patch your present system:
> 
> or, as usual,
> 
> 3) If you are running an affected release, you can use FreeBSD Update:
> # cd /usr/ports/security/freebsd-update && make all install
> # cp /usr/local/etc/freebsd-update.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/freebsd-
> update.conf
> # /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
> 
> 
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