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<A NAME=adv></A>
<H2>FreeBSD Security Advisories</H2>
<P>The FreeBSD Security Officer provides security advisories for the
following releases of FreeBSD:</P>
<P>The FreeBSD Security Officer provides security advisories for
several branches of FreeBSD development. These are the <EM>-STABLE
Branches</EM> and the <EM>Security Branches</EM>. (Advisories are not
issued for the <EM>-CURRENT Branch</EM>.)</P>
<UL>
<LI> The most recent official release of FreeBSD.</LI>
<LI> FreeBSD-stable, when at least 2 releases are based on it.</LI>
<LI> The previous FreeBSD-stable when a "new stable" does not yet
have 2 releases based on it.</LI>
<LI><P>There is usually only a single -STABLE branch, although
during the transition from one major development line to another
(such as from FreeBSD 4.x to 5.x), there is a time span in which
there are two -STABLE branches. The -STABLE branch tags have names
like <TT>RELENG_4</TT>. The corresponding builds have names like
<TT>FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE</TT>.</P></LI>
<LI><P>Each FreeBSD Release has an associated Security Branch.
The Security Branch tags have names like <TT>RELENG_4_6</TT>.
The corresponding builds have names like <TT>FreeBSD
4.6-RELEASE-p7</TT>.</P></LI>
</UL>
At this time, security advisories are being released for:
<UL>
<LI> FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE</LI>
<LI> FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE</LI>
<LI> FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE</LI>
<LI> FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE</LI>
</UL>
<P>Each branch is supported by the Security Officer for a limited time
only, typically through 12 months after the release. The estimated
lifetimes of the currently supported branches are given below. The
<EM>Estimated EoL (end-of-life)</EM> column gives the earliest date on
which that branch is likely to be dropped. Please note that these dates
may be extended into the future, but only extenuating circumstances
would lead to a branch's support being dropped earlier than the date
listed.</P>
<TABLE BORDER="3" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2">
<TR>
<TH>Branch</TH>
<TH>Release</TH>
<TH>Estimated EoL</TH>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>RELENG_4</TD>
<TD>n/a</TD>
<TD>December 31, 2003</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>RELENG_4_6</TD>
<TD>4.6-RELEASE</TD>
<TD>May 31, 2003</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>RELENG_4_7</TD>
<TD>4.7-RELEASE</TD>
<TD>September 30, 2003</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>RELENG_5_0</TD>
<TD>5.0-RELEASE</TD>
<TD>June 30, 2003</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>Older releases are not maintained and users are strongly encouraged
to upgrade to one of the supported releases mentioned above.</P>