Re: How RedHat Backports Vulnerability Fixes

On 2015-06-12 10:43, der.hans wrote:
> 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.


You would think.


>
>> 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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