Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 07:51:22 -0700 From: "edflecko ." <edflecko@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg audit disagrees with pkg upgrade ??? Message-ID: <CAFS4T6bWioVcjGNtCsxZgwxgnfavLdTPGvVUdcJPc=r%2Bi7%2BQJg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5369DF16.40000@qeng-ho.org> References: <CAFS4T6ZTGERL3a6DmkAhHMLG2C%2BNT6hbA--dgwwQZo9Gux_ogg@mail.gmail.com> <5369DF16.40000@qeng-ho.org>
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Great, thank you. Is there a way to see what package(s) is specifically using these dependent packages? I might choose to remove the host package, for security reasons, and thereby remove these as well. Ed On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:21 AM, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 06/05/2014 21:27, edflecko . wrote: > >> I'm checking to see if I need to upgrade any installed packages. pkg audit >> -F says I have three vulnerabilities, but when I run pkg upgrade -y, it >> thinks everything is O.K. (see below) >> >> Why the discrepancy? Which one should I believe? >> > > Apples and oranges. Just because a port has a vulnerability doesn't > necessarily mean there's a newer version available yet. > > fbsd_box# pkg audit -F >> >> Vulnxml file up-to-date. >> linux-f10-expat-2.0.1 is vulnerable: >> expat2 -- Parser crash with specially formatted UTF-8 sequences >> CVE: CVE-2009-3720 >> WWW: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/5f030587-e39a-11de-881e- >> 001aa0166822.html >> >> linux-f10-png-1.2.37_2 is vulnerable: >> png -- memory corruption/possible remote code execution >> CVE: CVE-2011-3048 >> WWW: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/262b92fe-81c8-11e1-8899- >> 001ec9578670.html >> >> linux-f10-tiff-3.8.2 is vulnerable: >> tiff -- Multiple integer overflows >> CVE: CVE-2009-2347 >> WWW: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/8816bf3a-7929-11df-bcce- >> 0018f3e2eb82.html >> >> 3 problem(s) in the installed packages found. >> >> fbsd_box# pkg upgrade -y >> Updating repository catalogue >> Nothing to do >> >> >> Ed >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >
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