The backported versions have not been released yet. They are still going through the gitian build process. 0.16.3 was the first one to be released so that is the one that everyone is being recommended to upgrade to. Regardless, you should upgrade to a patched version, whether that is 0.14.3, 0.15.2, or 0.16.3. It is not misinformation that everybody must upgrade.
On 09/21/2018 06:39 PM, gb via bitcoin-dev wrote: > If the bugfix can be backported to earlier versions why is the > hype/hysteria about "everybody" must immediately upgrade to 0.16.3 > currently being spread on the forums/reddit? > > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5034070.0 > https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/9hp90p/1775_nodes_out_of_9616_185_are_currently_on/ > > I don't see any effort to correct this misinformation either. > > Regards. > > On Tue, 2018-09-18 at 17:06 -0700, Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-core-dev > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 was just released with a fix for >> CVE-2018-17144: >> https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3/ >> >> We urge all network participants to upgrade to 0.16.3[*] as soon >> as possible. >> >> [*] For those who build from source, the 0.14, 0.15, 0.16, 0.17, >> and master branches on GitHub (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin) >> are fixed as well. >> >> -- >> Pieter >> _______________________________________________ >> bitcoin-core-dev mailing list >> bitcoin-core-...@lists.linuxfoundation.org >> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-core-dev > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
