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Date:      Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:27:32 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: root compromise fix for RELENG_3 ?
Message-ID:  <20010711122732.E87389@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20010711075617.05777eb8@192.168.0.12>; from mike@sentex.net on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 07:59:31AM -0400
References:  <4.2.2.20010711075617.05777eb8@192.168.0.12>

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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 07:59:31AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>=20
> I know its not officially supported anymore. But is there going to be a f=
ix=20
> for SA-01:42 on the 3.x branch ?

The situation wrt local security fixes in RELENG_3 is basically that
it's up to individual committers to commit them; the security officer
isn't going to be enforcing it given the documented existence of an
unfixable local root hole in that branch.

Kris

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