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New Remote Root in Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @08:39AM from the batten-down-the-hatches dept.

Cysgod writes "I've released a security advisory detailing a new remote root vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.3, 10.2 and possibly earlier versions." The main thrust is that it exploits a problem in the DHCP client, to gain root access, and turning off various services can prevent attack. It is unclear why an exploit was made public before Apple resolved the problem. Apple's fix is apparently scheduled for a December release.

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Re:And now the question of support... -idiot os9 by tomhudson · 2003-11-26 09:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

poster wrote:
os 9 has no vulnerabilities that need patching you retard.
OS9 has NEVER had any exploits possible according to bugtraqs entire database history.

Every time I see OS9 mentioned, I think of this, the original OS9. No exploits there, and links to versions running on dif. platforms, etc., that you can download.