> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:28 PM > To: 'FreeBSD-Questions Questions' > Subject: RE: 1st security warning: "installed zlib version > maycontainasecurity bug" > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted > > Mittelstaedt > > Sent: maandag 31 januari 2005 1:40 > > To: Lowell Gilbert; Timothy Luoma > > Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Questions > > Subject: RE: 1st security warning: "installed zlib version > > may containasecurity bug" > > > > zlib is part of the base OS it should be at version 1.2.2 in > > FreeBSD 4.11R, since version 1.2.2 was released in October > > 2004. > > Ok, now you got me worried. How do I check my current version?
man zlib > I am on FreeBSD 4.10R, with the all the latest security patches. > Or so I thought. > > > Keep in mind that this WILL NOT fix the zlib security hole in > > the system. zlib is probably linked into a number of utilities > > on your system and a proper fix would be to replace the zlib > > library, and recompile all the utilities in the system that > > are linked into the static library. > > If there is a security hole, how come there is no advisory on the > FreeBSD site? Or is there a place I did not look? > there isn't one, because the CERT advisory only listed 1.2.x you didn't read my second e-mail, obviously. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
