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| author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-02-24 17:21:15 +0000 |
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| committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-02-24 17:21:15 +0000 |
| commit | 803faf089e2cfb368246c9d190a63c9e9b31f108 (patch) | |
| tree | d48ba3148b283f61763673a70069ff317517ca19 /release/doc | |
| parent | 16b05986d0e6626f027498791f5e38bdca5bd5a3 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-803faf089e2cfb368246c9d190a63c9e9b31f108.zip FreeBSD-src-803faf089e2cfb368246c9d190a63c9e9b31f108.tar.gz | |
New release notes: SA-03:02, SA-03:03.
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| -rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 15 |
2 files changed, 28 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 a4cd693..7b4754c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -103,7 +103,20 @@ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:01.cvs.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:01</ulink>. &merged;</para> - </sect2> + <para>A timing-based attack on <application>OpenSSL</application>, + which could allow a very powerful attacker access to plaintext + under certain circumstances, has been prevented via an upgrade + to <application>OpenSSL</application> 0.9.7. See security + advisory <ulink + url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:02.openssl.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:02</ulink> + for more details. &merged;</para> + + <para>The security and performance of the + <quote>syncookies</quote> feature has been improved to increase + the resistance of a &os; host to SYN flood denial-of-service + attacks. More details are given in security advisory <ulink + url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:03.syncookies.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:03</ulink>. &merged;</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="kernel"> <title>Kernel Changes</title> 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 a4cd693..7b4754c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -103,7 +103,20 @@ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:01.cvs.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:01</ulink>. &merged;</para> - </sect2> + <para>A timing-based attack on <application>OpenSSL</application>, + which could allow a very powerful attacker access to plaintext + under certain circumstances, has been prevented via an upgrade + to <application>OpenSSL</application> 0.9.7. See security + advisory <ulink + url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:02.openssl.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:02</ulink> + for more details. &merged;</para> + + <para>The security and performance of the + <quote>syncookies</quote> feature has been improved to increase + the resistance of a &os; host to SYN flood denial-of-service + attacks. More details are given in security advisory <ulink + url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:03.syncookies.asc">FreeBSD-SA-03:03</ulink>. &merged;</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="kernel"> <title>Kernel Changes</title> |
