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Bobknds's avatar
Bobknds
Aspirant
Jun 21, 2016

how to update to OS6? Is it possible?

Netgear sent me an email recommending upgrading, said:

The Vulnerability:
NETGEAR has become aware of the Badlock security vulnerability that causes ReadyNAS OS 6 devices to be susceptible to man-in-the-middle (MiTM), denial of service (DoS), and similar attacks. Our records indicate that your NETGEAR product is affected.

What You Can Do:
NETGEAR strongly recommends that you install firmware version 6.5.0 that was released on May 17, 2016.

 I stil have RAIDAR 4.3.8  and firmware 4.2.28 and running x86. Not sure what to download and install, any help would be greatly

Appreciated.

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  • kohdee's avatar
    kohdee
    NETGEAR Expert

    Upgrade to OS 6 is possible but unsupported by NETGEAR Support. There are threads here that could help you but it is at your own risk and requires a factory default. 

    • Bobknds's avatar
      Bobknds
      Aspirant

      Hi,

       

      Thanks for the response, so it would wipe all my data to do an update to OS6?  And am I at risk if I do not update to OS6?

       

      Bob

      • BrianL2's avatar
        BrianL2
        NETGEAR Employee Retired

        Hi Bobknds,

         

        Welcome to the community!

         

        You should first make a backup of your data before starting the upgrade. Check this page for instructions and open the ReadyNAS forum threads for additional tips & instructions.

         

         

        Kind regards,

         

        BrianL
        NETGEAR Community Team 

  • kohdee's avatar
    kohdee
    NETGEAR Expert

    Not sure why you received this as an e-mail -- I checked your registered products based on the e-mail that you use here on the Community and I only see your Ultra 2... so you should not have received this alert... I will check into this. 

    • kohdee's avatar
      kohdee
      NETGEAR Expert

      kohdee wrote:

      Not sure why you received this as an e-mail -- I checked your registered products based on the e-mail that you use here on the Community and I only see your Ultra 2... so you should not have received this alert... I will check into this. 


      Regarding the notice, it was erroneously sent to all ReadyNAS models, instead of all OS 6 models. Apologize for this! 

       

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