All FreeNAS 8.0.x users are encouraged to upgrade to 8.0.4-p3 which was released yesterday. This release update addresses this critical privilege escalation vulnerability. 8.0.4-p3 install and upgrade images are available from the 8.0.4 SourceForge page. Instructions for upgrading are in the FreeNAS Users Guide.

Joseph S. Atkinson will give a “Short Topics” talk on the FreeNAS plugins framework at the next BayLISA meeting on June 21 at 19:30. This month’s meeting will take place at LinkedIn, 2025 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA. Pizza and drinks will be provided. If you can attend the meeting, please RSVP first using this […]

FreeNAS-8.0.4-RELEASE-p2 has been released and all users of the 8.0.x series are encouraged to upgrade to this patchset as it addresses 2 security vulnerabilities: CVE-2012-2111: this Samba vulnerability affects FreeNAS systems when the CIFS service is enabled. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to grant themselves the “take ownership” privilege. This privilege is used […]

LinuxFest NorthWest is this weekend at Bellingham Technical College in Bellingham, WA. James Nixon will be giving a presentation on FreeNAS. There will also be a FreeBSD booth which will be handing out FreeNAS CDs and cool swag. This is a free event, so if you’re in this part of the world, drop by and […]

If you are using CIFS/Windows shares on your FreeNAS 8.0.x system, you are urged to update to 8.0.4-RELEASE-p1 immediately. Earlier this week, a vulnerability was discovered in Samba that allows remote code execution as the root user from an anonymous connection. All versions of Samba were affected. You can read more about the vulnerability here. […]

There will be a FreeNAS presentation at Indiana LinuxFest on Saturday, April 14 in Indianapolis, Indiana. We will also be giving out FreeNAS CDs at the BSD booth in the expo area. If you are interested in learning more about FreeBSD administration (the operating system FreeNAS is based upon), there is an all day course […]

Michael Dexter will be giving a presentation entitled The FreeNAS Storage Platform: A minute to learn, a lifetime to master at NLUUG’s Spring conference. This event will be held in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands on April 11th.

NorthEast LinuxFest will be held in Worcester, MA on March 17. Dru Lavigne will be giving a presentation on the upcoming 8.2 release and FreeNAS 8.0.4-RELEASE CDs will be given away at the FreeBSD booth in the expo area. Registration is free for this event and there will be an after-party at a local pub. […]