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<li><font color=#009000><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font><br> |
<li><font color=#009000><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: Mar 2, 2001</strong></font><br> |
The <b>USER_LDT</b> kernel option allows an attacker to gain access to privledged area's of kernel memory. This option is not on by default. |
The <b>USER_LDT</b> kernel option allows an attacker to gain access to privleged areas of kernel memory. This option is not on by default. |
<a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br> |
<a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/022_userltd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br> |
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