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Am 17.09.2011 15:13, schrieb Alan McKinnon: |
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> On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:17:56 +0200 |
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> Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> Hi list! |
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>> Since GLSAs are in their current state of disregard, I'm searching for |
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>> another way to be informed about security fixes. What do you think is |
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>> the best approach here? |
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>> Querying bugzilla for recently fixed security bugs like [1]? |
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>> Searching for the term 'security bug' or something similar in |
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>> Changelogs? |
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>> |
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>> Looking at some other web site or distribution and anticipate changes |
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>> in in the portage tree? |
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>> [1] |
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>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=428229;query_format=advanced;chfield=bug_status;chfieldfrom=2011-06-01;chfieldto=Now;chfieldvalue=RESOLVED;component=Security |
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> If you just want to be informed out the state of security of packages, |
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> subscribe to the security lists of other distros. I find RedHat and |
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> Fedora to be useful and up to date. If you see something that looks |
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> like you need to take action, find the corresponding Gentoo package and |
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> investigate further. |
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> If you need to be on the cutting edge of security issues, then you need |
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> to be on the various vuln disclosure lists around. But be warned, they |
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> can be noisy and you have to train your brain in what to ignore |
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Thank you for your insight. As a gentoo-specific workaround, I've |
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written a little (well, not *so* little) bash script that filters the |
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ChangeLogs of all installed packages for fixed security bugs applied |
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recently (default: one week). |
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Regards, |
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Florian Philipp |
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