FreeBSD's security team was only notified in late December and given the original embargo date of January 9. Google's early disclosure on January 3, prompted by a report on The Register, meant FreeBSD couldn't even offer users an estimate of when patches would be ready by the time the flaws were public.

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FreeBSD'ssecurityteamwasonlynotifiedinlateDecemberandgiventheoriginalembargodateofJanuary9.Google'searlydisclosureonJanuary3,promptedbyareportonTheRegister,meantFreeBSDcouldn'tevenofferusersanestimateofwhenpatcheswouldbereadybythetimetheflawswerepublic.