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[SA26479] OpenBSD Systrace and Sysjail Multiple Race Condition Vulnerabilities

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Aug 16 2007 - 06:47:13 CDT

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TITLE:
OpenBSD Systrace and Sysjail Multiple Race Condition Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26479

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26479/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
OpenBSD 4.0
http://secunia.com/product/12486/
OpenBSD 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/100/

DESCRIPTION:
Robert Watson has reported some vulnerabilities in Systrace and
Sysjail included in OpenBSD, which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

For more information:
SA26469

SOLUTION:
Do not rely on the security provided by Systrace or Sysjail.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Robert Watson

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.watson.org/~robert/2007woot/2007usenixwoot-exploitingconcurrency.pdf

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26469:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26469/

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