> > Implication: Well, don't allow shell access to your servers and if you
> > do, then make sure that people can't compile code on the server.
>
> well, that goes without saying. what about cgi though?

With cgi you'd still need to compile the code on the server - or you'd have to 
bring it aboard pre-compiled on a matching architecture. There are always 
ways <shrug>.

> did you try the patch, btw?

No, I didn't test it as I haven't built a custom kernel on a RaQ for quite 
some time. The approach of plugging the vulnerability with a loadable kernel 
module looks interesting, though. 

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With best regards,

Michael Stauber
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Unix/Linux Support Engineer

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