FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-09:02.openssl

[Doug Barton]

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matt donovan wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Matthew Seaman <
> m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
>> The oCert advisory at http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
>> lists BIND and NTP as affected packages.  Don't the base system versions
>> of those apps also need patching?
> I was told they don't but I believe they do since it's the code inside of
> ntp and bind don't check the return code correctly from what I can tell for
> the OpenSSL EVP API

Please see: https://www.isc.org/node/373

Unless you are using DNSSEC to verify signatures you're not vulnerable
at all.

As usual for non-critical upgrades I will upgrade the ports first so
that those that need the new version(s) can easily get to them in a
hurry, then upgrade the base(s) over the next day or two.

hth,

Doug

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