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Date:      Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:22:19 +0100
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        dgoodin@theregister.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <4AAEB40B.1090302@infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com>
References:  <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com>

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Dan Goodin wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Securit=
y
> researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD=

> has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD Foundation on Augus=
t
> 29 and never got a response. We'll be writing a brief article about
> this. Please let me know ASAP if someone cares to comment.
>=20
> Kind regards,
>=20
> Dan Goodin
> 415-495-5411
>=20
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] FreeBSD <=3D 6.1 kqueue() NULL pointer
> dereference
> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:49:33 +0200
> From: Przemyslaw Frasunek <venglin@freebsd.lublin.pl>
> Organization: frasunek.com
> To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com
> References: <4A9028AC.9080902@freebsd.lublin.pl>
>=20
> Przemyslaw Frasunek pisze:
>> FreeBSD <=3D 6.1 suffers from classical check/use race condition on SM=
P
>=20
> There is yet another kqueue related vulnerability. It affects 6.x, up t=
o
> 6.4-STABLE. FreeBSD security team was notified on 29th Aug, but there i=
s no
> response until now, so I won't publish any details.
>=20
> Sucessful exploitation yields local root and allows to exit from jail.
> For now,
> you can see demo on:
>=20
> http://www.vimeo.com/6554787
>=20

You need to contact the Security Officer to get the official position.  T=
hat's security-officer@freebsd.org

I don't know why you seem to think this should have been reported to the =
FreeBSD
Foundation.  They aren't the responsible parties.  What to do is clearly =
explained
on this web page: http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html (which=20
Przemyslaw for one seems to have read).

	Cheers,

	Matthew

--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.                   7 Priory Courtyard
                                                  Flat 3
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                                                  Kent, CT11 9PW


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