On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 10:08:03AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > Apparently nobody knew it was comparable to ptrace, it looked like a > simple bugfix and not like a local root exploit. >
Well, I just downloaded 2.4.23 from kernel.org and installed it. [obGrumble] I never got hit by any of the Microsoft exploits either but I hated the upgrade treadmill [end]. Of course this is the 1st one in Linux for me and I'm willing to give y'all the benefit of the doubt 10 or 11 times :-) Was this problem a deviation from well-established security practices or is a new thing? Could somebody explain it in a nutshell?
