Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:42:44 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components Message-ID: <e1jhn4$vhe$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20060411203727.GA90177@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <443BAE40.9050704@dial.pipex.com> <001301c65d7f$0b9dab70$dededede@avalon.lan> <20060411203727.GA90177@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:46:06PM +0200, No@SPAM@mgEDV.net wrote: > >> >> >>>I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your >>>shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the >>>older packages. >> >>>At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the >>>ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for example and I >>>don't believe there's a standard cvs port either. >> >>as for zlib i definitely know, that there are 2 security flaws, which can >>lead to problems when invalid compressed data is feeded. > > > Already fixed as soon as they were published. Are there other reasons > to upgrade? > > >>my problem also is not the installation of ports/packages/custom compiles, >>it's more that the operating system components itself are linked against >>these older libraries an therefore will contain bugs, which may have been >>already solved. > > > The other side of this is that newer versions are often incompatible > (OpenSSL, I'm looking at you), which rules out upgrading the version > in a FreeBSD-STABLE branch since it ruins binary compatibility. > > Kris one may wonder why they change very minor version number/letter only, if the changes are so disturbing..
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