Re: Linux Kernel Problem with the ELF Binary

[Shachar Shemesh]

Shlomi Fish wrote:
It seems the Linux kernel has a problem with the ELF Binary:
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/01/security_alerts.html
This can cause a local root exploit?
What should we do about it?
Regards,
	Shlomi Fish
 

Running dist-upgrade upgraded the following packages:
 apache apache-common aptitude bind9 dhcp-client gzip iptables libdns5 
libisc4 libisccc0
 libisccfg0 liblwres1 libmm11 libmysqlclient10 libsasl7 libssl0.9.6 
logcheck
 logcheck-database login logtail mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server 
passwd pppoe telnet
 xfree86-common xlibs

It appears to have been a long time since someone updated the system.
As for the kernel bug that triggered this discussion - I can't seem to 
locate whether it still affects us or not. Do you have any proof of 
concept for the bug so I can test?

      Shachar
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