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Date:      Thu, 21 Dec 2000 06:05:57 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, reg@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86-aoutlibs Makefile
Message-ID:  <20001221060557.C26775@citusc.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20001221122440.F628@tao.org.uk>; from joe@tao.org.uk on Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 12:24:40PM %2B0000
References:  <200012210319.eBL3JEE44842@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001221122440.F628@tao.org.uk>

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On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 12:24:40PM +0000, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 07:19:14PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > kris        2000/12/20 19:19:14 PST
> >=20
> >   Modified files:
> >     x11/XFree86-aoutlibs Makefile=20
> >   Log:
> >   Mark FORBIDDEN: All released XFree86 3.x versions have remote denial =
of
> >   service and code execution vulnerabilities in some of the libraries.
>=20
> Doesn't netscape still depend upon these?  (Is there anyway that we can
> get the netscape guys to support the current state of reality?)

Yes. A solution would be to roll our own copy of the XFree86 3.3.3
libraries + security patches. I don't know if there were any other
security fixes since 3.3.3 apart from the ones committed to the 3.3.6
port a few months ago, though.

Kris

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