bugtraq - Re: youbin local root exploit + advisory

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Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:05:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@...dmedia.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: youbin local root exploit + advisory

On Tue, 6 May 2003, [iso-8859-1] Knud Erik Højgaard wrote:

> 5/5/03 - FreeBSD port maintainer notified
> 5/5/03 - FreeBSD port maintainer replies, bug is known, apparently no fix
> is planned at the moment

What about notifying the original developer?

What was the developer's response?

> 6/5/03 - public disclosure

At least you got FreeBSD to now mark it as FORBIDDEN. (Maybe submitting a
FreeBSD problem report would have gotten this done earlierr; I didn't find
one.)

What about Debian? And others that provide youbin?

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/