Re: [gentoo-hardened] security updates

[Jean-Pierre Schwickerath <gentoo@schwicky.net>]

Hi, 
 
> I see now that glibc 2.4-r3 should be upgraded to 2.4-r4 (by the way,
> where can I check the differences (Changelog) between two gentoo
> versions (like r3 and r4)?)

Check the -l flag when using emerge. For instance:
emerge -plavuD world
 
> So my question: If someone finds a bug in glibc that gets corrected,
> what does the gentoo maintainers do about it? Do they backport the fix
> in all 8 versions? Or just in some of the versions and mark the not
> fixed ones ~?

I'm sure here. 
But on the glsa-notice you'll see which versions are vulnerable and
which are unaffected by the corrected bug. 
 
> Is there some mailinglist (like debian-security-announce) where such
> security fixes are announced?

Have a look at http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/
You'll find infos on the glsa-check utility and the mailinglist.


> What is the reason that the hardened profile selects the 2.3.6 version
> instead of the 2.4? I mean not in glibc's case only, but generally.
> 
> Does libc 2.4 have troubles with ssp?

Indeed. Not all features are ported to 2.4.


Regards. 

Jean-Pierre

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