diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml index 9bec56abd5..994bc9b504 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml @@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ possible. This page will provide information about what to do in the event of a security vulnerability affecting your system

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Table of Contents

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Reporting FreeBSD security incidents

FreeBSD security issues specific to the base system @@ -36,18 +50,56 @@ href="reporting.html">reporting FreeBSD security incidents page.

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Table of Contents

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Recent FreeBSD security vulnerabilities

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A full list of all security vulnerabilities can be found on this page.

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A full list of all security vulnerabilities affecting the base + system can be found on this + page.

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Understanding FreeBSD security advisories

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Advisories affecting the base system are sent to the following + mailing lists:

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The list of released advisories can be found on the FreeBSD Security Advisories page.

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Advisories are always signed using the FreeBSD Security Officer + PGP key and are archived, along + with their associated patches, at the http://security.FreeBSD.org/ + web server in the advisories + and patches + subdirectories.

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The FreeBSD Security Officer provides security advisories for + -STABLE Branches and the Security Branches. + (Advisories are not issued for the -CURRENT Branch, + which is primarily oriented towards &os; developers.)

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Issues affecting the FreeBSD Ports Collection are covered separately in the FreeBSD VuXML + document.

How to update your system

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Supported FreeBSD releases

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Each release is supported by the Security Officer for a limited + time only.

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The designation and expected lifetime of all currently supported branches and their respective releases @@ -78,19 +133,10 @@ branch or release will end. Please note that these dates may be pushed back if circumstances warrant it.

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Effective &os; 11.0-RELEASE, the support model has been - changed to allow more rapid development while also providing - timely security updates for all supported releases.

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Under the new support model, each major version's stable branch - is explicitly supported for 5 years, while each individual point - release is only supported for three months after the next point - release.

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The details and rationale behind this change can be found in the - official - announcement sent in February 2015.

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Older releases are not maintained and users are strongly + encouraged to upgrade to one of the supported releases mentioned + above. A list of unsupported releases can be found here.