FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-04:15.syscons
    Darren Pilgrim 
    dmp at bitfreak.org
       
    Mon Oct  4 16:15:26 PDT 2004
    
    
  
> FreeBSD-SA-04:15.syscons
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> IV.  Workaround
> 
> There is no known workaround.  However, this bug is only exploitable
> by users who have access to the physical console or can otherwise open
> a /dev/ttyv* device node.
Is there anything in the base system that, by design or flaw, can be used by
a non-root user to open a ttyv device?
Is the tty snoop device vulnerable by proxy?
    
    
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