Am 12. Jun, 2015 schwätzte Keith Smith so:
> I do some work on a couple CentOS 6.6 servers. Payment Card Industry (PCI)
> scans seem to always see the server as vulnerable. I've have to submit for a
> review since the server is not really vulnerable.
Your auditors should understand that and be able to do proper verification.
> I don't think a lot of people understand how RHEL maintains it's packages. I
> know I did not for a long time. RedHat backports vulnerability fixes while
> maintaining the original version number.
>
> Here is a great explanation :
> https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting/?sc_cid=3093
Thanks for the link! I've mostly understood it, but it's good to have a
handy official reference to point people at.
ciao,
der.hans
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