Re: Re: What happened to the 5.6.1 release?
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:27:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: What happened to the 5.6.1 release? | ||
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Stephen Zarkos
<Stephen.Zarkos@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Johannes Schlüter [mailto:johannes@schlueters.de]
>>
>> On Mon, 2014-09-29 at 06:35 -0700, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
>> > >> Actually, some php.net machines have been compromised and prevent
>> > >> us from releasing 5.6.1.
>> [...]
>> > All the source and binary releases along with git is safe.
>>
>> To be more precise: The machine used to package up the releases show
>> some traces of an infection. recent releases are being reviewed and show no
>> traces of anything being injected there, still we are not comfortable with
>> using the box to build new tarballs ;)
>>
>> Short FAQ:
>>
>> Q: Is the git repo affected?
>> A: No. The infected box is a different one. git's cryptographic commit
>> identifiers and distributed antature along with out automatic mirroring to
>> github serve as further mitigation for potential issues.
>>
>> Q: Are downloads from php.net/downloads affected?
>> A: The attack would happen during creating the release tarballs. Recent
>> releases are being reviewed and show no traces of modifications.
>>
>> Q: Are downloads from windows.php.net affected?
>> A: Windows builds are created from release tarballs. If those were infected
>> this might affect Windows, too. But no such infection could be found.
>
> The answer is No. We always pull from git.php.net for new releases. We also scan all releases
> before posted them. RMs, please let me know if you'd like me to pull the bins on
> windows.php.net, or if you're not planning on retagging we can just sit tight and wait for the
> official announcement.
yes, pull them off for now. Only to be in sync with the official
releases, thanks!
--
Pierre
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