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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-02-05 20:54:53 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-02-05 20:54:53 +0000 |
commit | 29de4be4fa86c57ac7b74ed74857528a3f8991b7 (patch) | |
tree | fd37a0a7101fa997abef2f95da80b1e282cd3b15 /release | |
parent | a6de13a9ec06ad032de462cfebb517339b1f572c (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-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.sgml | 39 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 39 |
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"> |