Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:22:19 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: dgoodin@theregister.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD Message-ID: <4AAEB40B.1090302@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com> References: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Dan Goodin wrote: > Hello, > > Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security > researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD > has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD Foundation on August > 29 and never got a response. We'll be writing a brief article about > this. Please let me know ASAP if someone cares to comment. > > Kind regards, > > Dan Goodin > 415-495-5411 > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] FreeBSD <= 6.1 kqueue() NULL pointer > dereference > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:49:33 +0200 > From: Przemyslaw Frasunek <venglin@freebsd.lublin.pl> > Organization: frasunek.com > To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com > References: <4A9028AC.9080902@freebsd.lublin.pl> > > Przemyslaw Frasunek pisze: >> FreeBSD <= 6.1 suffers from classical check/use race condition on SMP > > There is yet another kqueue related vulnerability. It affects 6.x, up to > 6.4-STABLE. FreeBSD security team was notified on 29th Aug, but there is no > response until now, so I won't publish any details. > > Sucessful exploitation yields local root and allows to exit from jail. > For now, > you can see demo on: > > http://www.vimeo.com/6554787 > You need to contact the Security Officer to get the official position. That's security-officer@freebsd.org I don't know why you seem to think this should have been reported to the FreeBSD Foundation. They aren't the responsible parties. What to do is clearly explained on this web page: http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html (which Przemyslaw for one seems to have read). Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkqutBIACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxzewCfdC7bak2J0AAGqlQvPikfRP1q XkEAn0lFPYd3oiH9yU8Enj/utXVSdcmM =0Z3C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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