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Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise

From: "Rick Updegrove" <dislists () updegrove net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:44:57 -0700

From: "Andreas Haugsnes" <andreas () haugsnes no>

The exploit does work!  It is not easy to execute however, (thank goodness)  It
took me several tries on OpenBSD 2.8

It is all about timing.

The OpenBSD-team has known about this for -6- days (15th of June),


They knew about it a lot longer than that!  There was a post before guninski's
about it that never developed into a thread for some reason.  My reply to it was
rejected!

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?


It been fixed the patch is available.

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/030_kernexec.patch";

Current thread:

OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Georgi Guninski (Jun 14)
- Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Przemyslaw Frasunek (Jun 14)
  - Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Jason R Thorpe (Jun 15)
- Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Andreas Haugsnes (Jun 15)
  - Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Rick Updegrove (Jun 15)
  - Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Georgi Guninski (Jun 15)
  - Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise dmuz (Jun 15)
    - Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Andreas Haugsnes (Jun 15)
  - Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Tony Lambiris (Jun 15)
    - Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Peter van Dijk (Jun 16)
  - Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Jason R Thorpe (Jun 15)
- Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise jon (Jun 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise Brian McKinney (Jun 15)