FreeBSD releng/3.4 End of Life Date
FreeBSD releng/3.4 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data reconciled from official vendor documentation and endoflife.date at every build; the source of each date is on the product page.
FreeBSD 3.4 was released on December 31, 1999 and support ended on September 30, 2000 — a supported lifespan of 9 months, shorter than the 1 year and 3 months median for FreeBSD releases. It has been without security patches for 26 years. 75 newer FreeBSD releases have shipped since.
Commercial vendors offer security patches beyond EOL. Compare your options.
Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| releng/1.0 | — | Aug 31, 1994 | EOL |
| releng/1.1 | — | May 31, 1995 | EOL |
| releng/2.0 | — | Feb 28, 1996 | EOL |
| releng/2.1 | — | Jun 30, 1997 | EOL |
| releng/2.2 | — | Mar 31, 1998 | EOL |
| releng/3.0 | — | May 31, 1999 | EOL |
| releng/3.1 | — | Aug 31, 1999 | EOL |
| releng/3.2 | — | Dec 31, 1999 | EOL |
What does FreeBSD releng/3.4 end of life mean?
When FreeBSD releng/3.4 reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running FreeBSD releng/3.4 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to FreeBSD releng/14.5 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.