NetBSD 7.1 Operating System Receives First Security Update, Here's What's New

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

NetBSD Project’s Soren Jacobsen announced today the general availability of the first point release of the NetBSD 7.1 operating system series.

Coming nine and a half months after the launch of the NetBSD 7.1 series, NetBSD 7.1.1 is mainly a security and bugfix release that addresses important issues like a buffer overflow via cmap for four graphics drivers, x86 vulnerabilities, and a Vnode reference leak in the openat system call.

“The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 7.1.1, the first security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 7.1 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons. If you are running an earlier release of NetBSD, we strongly suggest updating to 7.1.1,” reads today’s announcement.

Here’s what’s new in NetBSD 7.1.1

Included in NetBSD 7.1.1, we can find Heimdal 7.1, BIND 9.10.5-P2, tzdata 2017c, root.c… (read more)

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