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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:34:14PM -0500, daniel wrote:
> FreeBSD will occasionally release security advisories detailing the badne=
ss=20
> surrounding a single package and will often include the following as the=
=20
> solution:
>=20
>   1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE, 5-STABLE, or 6-STABLE,
>   or to the RELENG_6_0, RELENG_5_4, RELENG_5_3, RELENG_4_11, or
>   RELENG_4_10 security branch dated after the correction date.
>=20
> What does this mean?  And how do I do it?

Both questions are answered in the handbook.

Kris

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