CVE-2015-7547: critical bug in libc

[O. Hartmann]

Am Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:50:28 +0100
Kurt Jaeger <lists at opsec.eu> schrieb:

> Hi!
> 
> > The project that's vulnerable is called "glibc", not "libc". The BSDs
> > don't use glibc, so the phrase "nothing to see here" applies. glibc
> > isn't even available in FreeBSD's ports tree.
> > 
> > TL;DR: FreeBSD is not affected by CVE-2015-7547.  
> 
> A short note on the www.freebsd.org website would probably be helpful,
> as this case will produce a lot of noise.
> 

I'd like to second this! This could be some kind of use for the further propagation of
FreeBSD! Many people asked me since yesterday, whether the operating system I used to
base my appliances and work on does have the bug or not. 
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