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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:08:09 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        rich@rdrose.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FW: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise (fwd)
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20010615130316.041d7720@marble.sentex.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0106151804070.14714-100000@pkl.net>

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At 06:04 PM 6/15/01 +0100, rich@rdrose.org wrote:
>Someone asked about 4.3 being susceptible to this attack....


A followup to the message you quote below seems to imply this is not the 
case and FreeBSD might be vulnerable.  Hence the request for 
clarification.  See the message from Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com> 
which I posted in my original question to this list.


         ---Mike



>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:41:13 -0500
>From: Will Senn <wsenn@postfuture.com>
>To: OpenBSDTech <tech@openbsd.org>
>Subject: FW: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Przemyslaw Frasunek [mailto:venglin@freebsd.lublin.pl]
>Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 12:10 PM
>To: Georgi Guninski
>Cc: Bugtraq
>Subject: Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise
>
>
>On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 05:14:46PM +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> > OpenBSD 2.9,2.8
> > Have not tested on other OSes but they may be vulnerable
>
>FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE isn't vulnerable. Looks like it's dropping set[ug]id
>privileges before allowing detach.
>
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