Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:40:57 +0000 ( ) From: Steve Reid <sreid@alpha.sea-to-sky.net> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Advisory format nitpicking Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.iB1.0.980604192342.22047A-100000@alpha.sea-to-sky.net>
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How about putting real version numbers in these advisories? This "2.2.*" thing is only accurate until a new, fixed release appears. Looking over past advisories (to secure a freshly installed system) is a headache because _all_ the advisories say "Affects: FreeBSD 2.2.*". > Topic: security compromise via mmap > Category: core > Module: kernel > Announced: 1998-06-02 > Affects: FreeBSD 2.2.*, FreeBSD-stable before 1998/05/24 > and FreeBSD-current before 1998/05/19 suffer from > this problem. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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