Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise

[Andreas Haugsnes]

I must say that I gasped and had to wipe sweat from my
forehead when I read, tested and could confirm this
exploit.

The OpenBSD-team has known about this for -6- days (15th of June),
and they haven't been able to come up with atleast a temporary fix?
I can't find anything on errdata / security warnings,
what's up with that?

Andreas Haugsnes


On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 05:14:46PM +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> Georgi Guninski security advisory #47, 2001
> 
> OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise
> 
> Systems affected:
> OpenBSD 2.9,2.8
> Have not tested on other OSes but they may be vulnerable
 
> Vendor status:
> OpenBSD was informed on 9 June 2001.