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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2005-05-19 14:33:44 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2005-05-19 14:33:44 +0000
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Catch up on some low-hanging fruit...
New release notes: SA-05:09.htt, awk 20050424, bzip2 1.0.3, libregex from a glibc CVS snapshot, pf from OpenBSD 3.7. Updated release notes: lukemftp 20050219.
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2 files changed, 58 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index e885b5b..bfb6143 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -183,6 +183,18 @@
security advisory
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem.asc">FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem</ulink>.
&merged;</para>
+
+ <para>Because of an information disclosure vulnerability on
+ processors using Hyper-Threading Technology (HTT), the
+ <varname>machdep.hyperthreading_allowed</varname> sysctl
+ variable has been added. It defaults to <literal>1</literal>
+ (HTT enabled) on &os; CURRENT, and <literal>0</literal> (HTT
+ disabled) on the 4-STABLE and 5-STABLE development branches and
+ supported security fix branches. More information can be found
+ in security advisory
+ <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc">FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt</ulink>.
+ &merged;</para>
+
<para>
</sect2>
@@ -1098,12 +1110,18 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<sect2 id="contrib">
<title>Contributed Software</title>
+ <para><application>awk</application> has been updated from the 7
+ February 2004 release to the 24 April 2005 release.</para>
+
<para><application>BIND</application> has been updated from version
9.3.0 to version 9.3.1. &merged;</para>
<para><application>bsnmp</application> has been updated from 1.7
to 1.9.</para>
+ <para><application>bzip2</application> has been updated from 1.0.2
+ to 1.0.3.</para>
+
<para><application>FILE</application> has been updated from 4.10
to 4.12.</para>
@@ -1116,12 +1134,17 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<para><application>Heimdal</application> has been updated from
0.6.1 to 0.6.3. &merged;</para>
+ <para><application>libregex</application> has been updated from a
+ snapshot from <application>GNU grep</application> 2.5.1 to a
+ snapshot from the <literal>fedora-glibc-2_3_4-21</literal> tag
+ in the <application>glibc</application> CVS repository.</para>
+
<para><application>libz</application> has been updated from 1.2.1
to 1.2.2.</para>
<para><application>lukemftp</application> has been updated from a
26 April 2004 snapshot from OpenBSD's sources to a snapshot as
- of 19 February 2005.</para>
+ of 16 May 2005.</para>
<para>A snapshot of <application>netcat</application> from OpenBSD
as of 4 February 2005 has been added. More information can be
@@ -1136,6 +1159,11 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<para><application>OpenSSL</application> has been updated from
0.9.7d to 0.9.7e. &merged;</para>
+ <para><application>pf</application> has been updated from the
+ version included with <application>OpenBSD</application> 3.5 to
+ the version included with <application>OpenBSD</application>
+ 3.7.</para>
+
<para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from
version 8.13.1 to version 8.13.3. &merged;</para>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index e885b5b..bfb6143 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -183,6 +183,18 @@
security advisory
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem.asc">FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem</ulink>.
&merged;</para>
+
+ <para>Because of an information disclosure vulnerability on
+ processors using Hyper-Threading Technology (HTT), the
+ <varname>machdep.hyperthreading_allowed</varname> sysctl
+ variable has been added. It defaults to <literal>1</literal>
+ (HTT enabled) on &os; CURRENT, and <literal>0</literal> (HTT
+ disabled) on the 4-STABLE and 5-STABLE development branches and
+ supported security fix branches. More information can be found
+ in security advisory
+ <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc">FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt</ulink>.
+ &merged;</para>
+
<para>
</sect2>
@@ -1098,12 +1110,18 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<sect2 id="contrib">
<title>Contributed Software</title>
+ <para><application>awk</application> has been updated from the 7
+ February 2004 release to the 24 April 2005 release.</para>
+
<para><application>BIND</application> has been updated from version
9.3.0 to version 9.3.1. &merged;</para>
<para><application>bsnmp</application> has been updated from 1.7
to 1.9.</para>
+ <para><application>bzip2</application> has been updated from 1.0.2
+ to 1.0.3.</para>
+
<para><application>FILE</application> has been updated from 4.10
to 4.12.</para>
@@ -1116,12 +1134,17 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<para><application>Heimdal</application> has been updated from
0.6.1 to 0.6.3. &merged;</para>
+ <para><application>libregex</application> has been updated from a
+ snapshot from <application>GNU grep</application> 2.5.1 to a
+ snapshot from the <literal>fedora-glibc-2_3_4-21</literal> tag
+ in the <application>glibc</application> CVS repository.</para>
+
<para><application>libz</application> has been updated from 1.2.1
to 1.2.2.</para>
<para><application>lukemftp</application> has been updated from a
26 April 2004 snapshot from OpenBSD's sources to a snapshot as
- of 19 February 2005.</para>
+ of 16 May 2005.</para>
<para>A snapshot of <application>netcat</application> from OpenBSD
as of 4 February 2005 has been added. More information can be
@@ -1136,6 +1159,11 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<para><application>OpenSSL</application> has been updated from
0.9.7d to 0.9.7e. &merged;</para>
+ <para><application>pf</application> has been updated from the
+ version included with <application>OpenBSD</application> 3.5 to
+ the version included with <application>OpenBSD</application>
+ 3.7.</para>
+
<para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from
version 8.13.1 to version 8.13.3. &merged;</para>
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