Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:37:00 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: dima@best.net Cc: guido@gvr.org (Guido van Rooij), 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: <199802280137.RAA00985@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:42:36 PST." <199802272042.MAA16246@burka.rdy.com>
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> Guido van Rooij writes: > > > > Perhaps it would be a good thing if we send a pointer to a possible > > binary patch when sending out our advisory. > > Now that would be tricky. In this case we'll need to wait untill XiG will > actually release the patch. > > > > > -Guido > > > > -- dima I've just posted a patch to FreeBSD-Security that makes this a moot point. The XIG X server shouldn't work at securelevel > 0 anyway so the new patch allows their X server to write to /dev/mem while at securelevel -1. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 UNIX Support OV/VM: BCSC02(CSCHUBER) ITSD BITNET: CSCHUBER@BCSC02.BITNET Government of BC Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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