summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/release
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2006-02-05 20:54:53 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2006-02-05 20:54:53 +0000
commit29de4be4fa86c57ac7b74ed74857528a3f8991b7 (patch)
treefd37a0a7101fa997abef2f95da80b1e282cd3b15 /release
parenta6de13a9ec06ad032de462cfebb517339b1f572c (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-29de4be4fa86c57ac7b74ed74857528a3f8991b7.zip
FreeBSD-src-29de4be4fa86c57ac7b74ed74857528a3f8991b7.tar.gz
Add some new release notes for 2006 security advisories:
SA-06:{01,02,03,04,05,06,07}. (SA-06:08 does not appear to apply to CURRENT.) Bump copyright date while here.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml39
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml39
2 files changed, 76 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 ed83bd0..bf0501a 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
<year>2003</year>
<year>2004</year>
<year>2005</year>
+ <year>2006</year>
<holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
@@ -113,7 +114,43 @@
<sect2 id="security">
<title>Security Advisories</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A temporary file vulnerability in &man.texindex.1;, which
+ could allow a local attacker to overwrite files in the context
+ of a user running the &man.texindex.1; utility, has been fixed.
+ For more details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>A temporary file vulnerability in the &man.ee.1; text
+ editor, which could allow a local attacker to overwrite files in
+ the context of a user running &man.ee.1;, has been fixed. For
+ more details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>Several vulnerabilities in the &man.cpio.1; utility have
+ been corrected. For more
+ details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>An error in &man.ipfw.4; IP fragment handling, which could
+ cause a crash, has been fixed. For more
+ details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>A potential buffer overflow in the IEEE 802.11 scanning code
+ has been corrected. For more
+ details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>Two instances in which portions of kernel memory could be
+ disclosed to users have been fixed. For more details see
+ security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>A logic bug in the IP fragment handling in &man.pf.4;, which
+ could cause a crash under certain circumstances, has been fixed.
+ For more details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:07.pf.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:07.pf</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="kernel">
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 ed83bd0..bf0501a 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
<year>2003</year>
<year>2004</year>
<year>2005</year>
+ <year>2006</year>
<holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
@@ -113,7 +114,43 @@
<sect2 id="security">
<title>Security Advisories</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A temporary file vulnerability in &man.texindex.1;, which
+ could allow a local attacker to overwrite files in the context
+ of a user running the &man.texindex.1; utility, has been fixed.
+ For more details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>A temporary file vulnerability in the &man.ee.1; text
+ editor, which could allow a local attacker to overwrite files in
+ the context of a user running &man.ee.1;, has been fixed. For
+ more details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>Several vulnerabilities in the &man.cpio.1; utility have
+ been corrected. For more
+ details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>An error in &man.ipfw.4; IP fragment handling, which could
+ cause a crash, has been fixed. For more
+ details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:04.ipfw</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>A potential buffer overflow in the IEEE 802.11 scanning code
+ has been corrected. For more
+ details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>Two instances in which portions of kernel memory could be
+ disclosed to users have been fixed. For more details see
+ security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
+ <para>A logic bug in the IP fragment handling in &man.pf.4;, which
+ could cause a crash under certain circumstances, has been fixed.
+ For more details see security advisory <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:07.pf.asc">FreeBSD-SA-06:07.pf</ulink>. &merged</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="kernel">
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud