Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 21:36:55 +0100 (MET) From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: dima@best.net Cc: dima@best.net, eivind@yes.no, jkh@time.cdrom.com, cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca, tqbf@secnet.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD Security Advisory: mmap() Problem Message-ID: <199802272036.VAA06582@gvr.gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <199802272025.MAA16117@burka.rdy.com> from Dima Ruban at "Feb 27, 98 12:25:27 pm"
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Dima Ruban wrote: > Guido van Rooij writes: > > > > It's a major bug on their part. I can't see much we can do about it, > > > > beyond notifying them that the change will take place, and helping > > > > them distribute announcements. > > > > > > I already did that. > > > > > > > And what was their reaction? > > They said, that new release is gonna be in a few months. However, I've > suggested them to release a binary patch that will patch server binaries. > I even sent them a program that patches v4.1/v3.1 AX servers. > I haven't heard from them ever since. This was about 2 hours ago. > > I certainly hope that they actually will release a patch before the next > release. At least it sounded like they will. Perhaps it would be a good thing if we send a pointer to a possible binary patch when sending out our advisory. -Guido To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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