Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Drew Kirkpatrick <drew.kirkpatrick@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Kernels and GLSAs
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:54:41
Message-Id: 81469e8e05092007445ca44b50@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Kernels and GLSAs by "W.Kenworthy"
1 I just use this one liner:
2
3 glsa-check --list 2> /dev/null | grep '\[N\]'
4
5 and manually merge the packages listed each morning when I get to
6 work. Takes no time at all.
7
8 On 9/20/05, W.Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote:
9 > Not strictly correct - "glsa-check --list" does tell you if the system
10 > is vulnerable: it highlights the entry in red, and sets [N] for the
11 > entry. --test is just a shortcut that allows individual tests, or with
12 > "all" lists only those that fail the test. --list|grep "\[N" is
13 > actually better as it includes the description as well.
14 >
15 > BillK
16 >
17 >
18 > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 08:53 -0500, Brian G. Peterson wrote:
19 > > On Tuesday 20 September 2005 07:44 am, Marius Mauch wrote:
20 > > > > Brian Peterson wrote:
21 > > > > The glsa-check tool is basically useless
22 > > > > (as of gentoolkit-0.2.1_pre7), as it shows all GLSAs rather than just
23 >
24 > ...
25 >
26 > > > a long time. Also make sure you don't confuse the --list option with
27 > > > the --test option.
28 > >
29 > > Sure.
30 > >
31 > > glsa-check --test
32 > >
33 > > run by itself, does nothing except give a command summary.
34 > >
35 > > glsa-check --list
36 > >
37 > > lists *all* unapplied GLSAs, regardless of whether the package is installed on
38 > > the running system.
39 > >
40 > > So, you need to --test each and every GLSA to see if it applies to your
41 > > system.
42 > >
43 > > glsa-test --test all
44 > >
45 > > gives a list of GLSAs that apply to a running system, but then provides no
46 > > details about these GLSAs in the list.
47 > >
48 >
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52 >
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