From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 15 19:31: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD93A37B405 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 19:31:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA39101; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 20:30:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 20:30:58 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Metal Head Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security hole found In-Reply-To: <20010716022553.8987.qmail@bsdmail.org> Message-ID: Organization: SaskNow Technologies [www.sasknow.com] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Metal Head wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > Hello, > > Please read this. I found it while surfing around. Please tell me what you think. Thanks! > > http://www.astalavista.com/advisories/freebsd/071101_localroot.shtml This was corrected on 07/09 and announced on 07/10. The notice you are referring to on astalavista.com is dated 07/11. See security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:42. cvsup to the latest -STABLE, or get the patch mentioned in the advisory. > I know the msg says you where contacted for this security hole, but > I wasn't sure if it was true. > -- Ryan Thompson Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message