FreeBSD bug grants local root access (FreeBSD 6.x)

[Mike Tancsa]

At 05:08 AM 9/15/2009, Xin LI wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>Frederique Rijsdijk wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > Any info on this subject on
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> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/14/freebsd_security_bug/
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>Currently we (secteam@) are testing the correction patch and do
>peer-review on the security advisory draft, the bug was found and fixed
>on -HEAD and 7-STABLE before 7.1-RELEASE during some stress test but was
>not recognized as a security vulnerability at that time.  The exploit
>code has to be executed locally, i.e. either by an untrusted local user,
>or be exploited in conjunction with some remote vulnerability on
>applications that allow the attacker to inject their own code.
>
>We can not release further details about the problem at this time,
>though, but I think we will likely to publish the advisory and
>correction patch this patch Wednesday.

Hi,
         Just wondering if there is any update on this issue ?

         ---Mike

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