[Leaplist] BSD root escalation exploit

[Kevin Korb]

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It should be noted that this is a FreeBSD exploit and not a generic *BSD
exploit.  AFAICT it does not affect OpenBSD.  Not sure about NetBSD or OSX
as I didn't check on them.

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:02:13 -0400
Hank Lambert <hank at hanklambert.com> wrote:
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> Here is an article on a recent BSD root escalation vulnerability for
> those running BSD. Luckily it's a local exploit, but a serious one
> none-the-less. I know there are a few people here running BSD, so I
> thought I would pass it along.
> 
> http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/09/freebsd-local-root-escalation-vulnerability/
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> Hank Lambert, KB4MTO
> www.hanklambert.com
> hank at hanklambert.com
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