Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:07:36 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laugh: [Fwd: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-008] Message-ID: <20010208110736.F2429@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010207233106.0458f7c0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 11:32:02PM -0700 References: <3A81DDC9.EF6D7D84@originative.co.uk> <4.3.2.7.2.20010207233106.0458f7c0@localhost>
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Brett Glass said on Feb 7, 2001 at 23:32:02: > At 04:44 PM 2/7/2001, Paul Richards wrote: > > >You've gotta laugh really, a root compromise exists and the mitigating > >controls are to not let anyone use the box! > > What's the difference between this and the recent procfs local root > exploit in FreeBSD? Maybe this: that the FreeBSD advisory doesn't consider it a "mitigating control" that only local users with permission to run arbitrary programs can exploit it, or claim that "best practices recommend against this"? R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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