From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 10 14:47:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3421B106566C for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:47:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spambox@haruhiism.net) Received: from mail.haruhiism.net (remilia.fujibayashi.jp [92.243.64.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D5A8FC0A for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (ppp91-122-47-189.pppoe.avangarddsl.ru [91.122.47.189]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.haruhiism.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CAEE3ADDB4 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:47:15 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <4B2109F0.3010102@haruhiism.net> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:47:12 +0300 From: Kamigishi Rei User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20091210144141.GB834@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091210144141.GB834@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:47:19 -0000 On 10.12.2009 17:41, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > From my information security manager: > > FreeBSD isn't much used within the University (I understand) and has a > (comparatively) poor security record. Most recently, for example: > > http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Root-exploit-for-FreeBSD-873352.html > > This has already been fixed in -stable somewhere around December 2nd or 3rd. -- Kamigishi Rei KREI-RIPE