Re: ptrace vulnerability?

[Sebastien Chaumat <schaumat@debian.org>]

Le mar 18/03/2003 à 13:04, Giacomo Mulas a écrit :
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Giacomo Mulas wrote:
> 
> > 	Alan Cox apparently just made public a vulnerability in the stock
> > kernel which would permit a local user to gain root privileges (see e.g.
> > Linux Today, LWN, the LK mailing list...). Is a patched source package in
> > the making already or should we humble users, in the meantime, take the
> > original patch and apply it, while the "official" thing gets worked out?
> 
> Apparently the kernel source debian package maintainer already answered my
> previous question in the best possible way, making available the patched
> package immediately. The responsivity of the Debian community is really
> something to be proud about: thanks Herbert!

Hi, what packages are available *exactly* and where? I don't see any
upgrade in security nor any DSA...

Thanks,

SEb
> 
> Bye
> Giacomo
> 
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