Re: vmsplice bug, javascript vulnerable ?
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:51:25PM +1200, C.T.F. Jansen wrote:
> Greetings,
> Regarding the root compromise in Debian 4.0R1, DSA 1491-1,
> relating to vserver and vmsplice. Can one disable this feature or not
> enable it, without breaking the kernel or anything else ?
> Is it possible for remote programs, say a website that one is browsing
> with javascript turned on [shudder], to do the vserver/vmsplice root
> compromise or otherwise use it to degrade the system in some way ?
> Thanks in advance.
Why not just upgrade the kernel? Don't think that by disabling
vserver/vmsplice you'll elimiate all bugs from the kernel. They're
there, they just haven't been found or fixed yet. As great as Debian
is, it is still Linux.
Doug.
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