PKG-AUDIT(8)

NAME
pkg audit - Audits installed packages against known vulnerabilities.

SYNOPSIS
pkg audit [-F] <pkg-name>

DESCRIPTION
pkg audit checks installed packages for known vulnerabilities and generates reports including references to security advisories. Its intended audience is system administrators and individual users.

pkg audit uses a database maintained by port committers and the FreeBSD security team to check if security advisories for any installed packages exist. Note that a current ports tree (or any local copy of the ports tree) is not required for operation.

If you have a vulnerable package installed, you are advised to update or deinstall it immediately.

Supplying a <pkg-name> will audit only that package.

OPTIONS
The following options are supported by pkg audit:

-F  Fetch the database before checking.

ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg audit. See pkg.conf(5) for further description.

PKG_DBDIR

FILES
See pkg.conf(5).

SEE ALSO
pkg(8), pkg-add(8), pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-backup(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8), pkg.conf(5)