[PATCH] b36 Release and retro-active security patch review

Omair Majid omajid at redhat.com
Fri Jul 31 23:12:58 UTC 2015


* Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew at redhat.com> [2015-07-30 16:54]:
> Changes since b36 (including both CPU fixes and upstreamed changes):

I assume you meant b35 here.

>   - S8043200, PR2485: Decrease the preference mode of RC4 in the enabled cipher suite list

I don't quite follow this patch. If PRESERVE_RC4 is true, doesn't it put
SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 at the top of the cipher list from its original
lower position?

That said, given that 8043202 removes these RC4 ciphers, it probably
doesn't matter.

>   - S8062923: XSL: Run-time internal error in 'substring()'
>   - S8062924: XSL: wrong answer from substring() function

This patch has a 'ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL' header.

Looks okay to me otherwise.

Cheers,
Omair

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