On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:00:59 +0000 Matthew Seaman <matt...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 23/11/2012 08:26, Matthieu Volat wrote:
> > I've noticed that www/opera was marked FORBIDDEN because of a security hole: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=614275+0+current/svn-ports-head > > > > The opera software compagny advisory indeed mark this bug as high severity, > > and mention that there is an update to fix it. > > > > I am not familiar with the security process in ports, but would not it be > > better to update the version? Marking it FORBIDDEN do not do much for the > > userbase that does already have it installed. > > > > I've bumped the versions in the Makefile > > OPERA_VER?= 12.11 > > OPERA_BUILD?= 1661 > > and made a `make makesum reinstall`, there was no apparent problem. > > Marking a port 'FORBIDDEN' is a quick response measure that can be done > without having to worry about time consuming testing the of port and so > forth. It's an interim measure taken to ensure that users do not > unwittingly install software with known vulnerabilities. > > Yes, updating the port to a non-vulnerable version is the ideal > response, but that may not be possible to do straight away. You've > sketched out the first couple of steps a port maintainer would take, but > that 'there was no apparent problem' statement would need to be backed > up by some more rigorous testing before a maintainer would feel > confident in committing the update. Just a comment that, for any USERS who would like to take a chance with updating their Opera (rather than taking a chance running the vulnerable version), just modifying the Makefile as described above works to provide the update. I've updated www/opera and www/opera-linuxplugins, and my new Opera is running fine: About Opera Version information Version 12.11 Build 1661 Platform FreeBSD System amd64, 8.3-STABLE -- greg byshenk - gbysh...@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL - Portland, OR USA _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"