For some time we have been working on a new application to document security
advisories for packages in LFS and BLFS. Originally we had been putting these into a
simple list on the website.
I would like to announce a new application that makes viewing and searching for
security issues easier:
These advisories are meant to provide information about the severity of issues that
upstream developers have fixed and provide rationale for users to decide when to
upgrade packages on their systems.
As you may know, there have been an inordinate number of security issues that have
been identified since LFS/BLFS 13.0 were published on March 5th. As of today we have
181 advisories in the system. More will be added as packages are added to the
development versions of the books.
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For some time we have been working on a new application to document security advisories for packages in LFS and BLFS. Originally we had been putting these into a simple list on the website.
I would like to announce a new application that makes viewing and searching for security issues easier:
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/advisories/
These advisories are meant to provide information about the severity of issues that upstream developers have fixed and provide rationale for users to decide when to upgrade packages on their systems.
As you may know, there have been an inordinate number of security issues that have been identified since LFS/BLFS 13.0 were published on March 5th. As of today we have 181 advisories in the system. More will be added as packages are added to the development versions of the books.
I hope you find this new application useful.
-- Bruce Dubbs linuxfromscratch.org