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Remote Exploit Discovered for OpenBSD

Posted by samzenpus on from the patch-it-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "OpenBSD is known for its security policies, and for its boast of "only one remote exploit in over 10 years". Well, make that two, because Core Security has found a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the OpenBSD kernel. Upgrade your firewalls as soon as possible."

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  1. Re:Advisory Timeline by evilviper · · Score: 5, Interesting

    which implies an attempted cover up.

    Cover up? The OpenBSD team believed it was only a remote DoS vulnerability until proof of concept code was provided, and re-labeled it as such immediately.

    What part seems suspicious to you?
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