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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Vladimir Dubrovin <vlad@sandy.ru>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:77.procfs
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On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 07:14:09PM +0300, Vladimir Dubrovin wrote:
> Hello FreeBSD Security Advisories,
>=20
> As  far  as  I  remember this issue was patched twice - in 1997 and in
> January 2000. Do I miss something?

There have been other vulnerabilities in procfs in the past. There may
be others discovered in the future..it's what you might call "risky
code".

Kris

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