cups builds on one, but rejected by another?

Kent Stewart kstewart at owt.com
Wed Nov 14 15:11:15 PST 2007


On Wednesday 14 November 2007, Jonathan Horne wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 November 2007 03:57:26 pm Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > Jonathan Horne wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 14 November 2007 03:39:47 pm Jonathan Horne wrote:
> > >> my jails server (6.2-p8) just ran portupgrade fine, and cups was
> > >> one of its items it updated:
> > >>
> > >> [root at canopus ~]# pkg_info | grep cups-
> > >> cups-base-1.3.3_2   Common UNIX Printing System
> > >>
> > >> but my 7.0-b2 desktop, refuses to build the same package:
> > >>
> > >> ===>  cups-base-1.3.3_2 has known vulnerabilities:
> > >> => cups -- off-by-one buffer overflow.
> > >>    Reference:
> > >> <http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/8dd9722c-8e97-11dc-b8f6-
> > >>001c2514 716 c.html> => Please update your ports tree and try
> > >> again. *** Error code 1
> > >>
> > >> what would be the differences between the 2 systems that one
> > >> would build it, and the other reject the same port?  ive not
> > >> tweaked any port security settings on either one, so this is
> > >> some curious behavior to me.
> > >>
> > >> thanks,
> > >
> > > another interesting thing, when you read the portaudit page for
> > > this, it says:
> > >
> > > Affects:
> > > cups-base <1.3.3_1
> > >
> > > but yet 1.3.3_2 still is rejected.
> >
> > One or the other has either a stale portaudit database or ports
> > tree.
> >
> > Kris
>
> what is the method for updating the portaudit database?  both have
> had their ports trees updated today, the 7.0 box multiple times.
>
> thanks,

Portaudit was updated w/r to cups-base at 2019 UDT 14 Nov

man portaudit

portaudit -Fa 

will update and check.

Kent


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