Software update: pfSense 2.3 update 1

An update for version 2.3 of pfSense has been released. This package is based on the FreeBSD operating system and focuses on router and firewall tasks. It started in 2004 as a fork of m0n0wall due to differing views among the developers and over the years has grown into a router and firewall package that can be deployed in both small and very large environments. For more information, please refer to this page. The release notes for this release are as follows:

pfSense 2.3 Update 1 Available

Since the new pkg system enables us to update pieces of the system individually, rather than the monolithic updates of the past, we have released a patch that fixes the NTP CVEs covered by FreeBSD SA 16:16.ntp. Updating ntpd from 4.2.8p6 to 4.2.8p7 is the only change.

This update appears as 2.3_1, for update 1. This should not be confused with 2.3.1, which is a full maintenance release coming soon. 2.3_1 is only available for those already running 2.3 release.

Note for this update, your version number will remain the same afterwards, still showing as 2.3-RELEASE.

This update does not trigger a reboot. The NTP service needs to be manually restarted under Status>Services afterwards.