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Re: OpenBSD 2.9,2.8 local root compromise

From: Georgi Guninski <guninski () guninski com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:59:00 +0300

Hello,

Andreas Haugsnes wrote:


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?


I have communicated with several vendors and IMHO the OpenBSD folks are quite nice.
They are much better than Microsoft for example.
I believe that this patch is not trivial.

Georgi Guninski

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.

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)