Re: FW: [Full-Disclosure] yet another OpenBSD kernel hole ...

[Rick Barter <rvb@houston.rr.com>]

Raymond Morsman wrote:

> Citeren Rick Barter <rvb@houston.rr.com>:
> 
> 
> 
>>I compiled the code from guninski.com on a 3.3 test box and then ran 
>>it, but nothing happened.  At least I think nothing happened.
>>
>>What are the expected results from this?
> 
> 
> [raymond@host]$ whoami
> raymond
> [raymond@host]$ ./a.out
> Abort trap
> [raymond@host]$ whoami
> root
> You can edit /etc/resolv.conf now.
> 
> Raymond.
> 

Thanks for the info.  Scary.  I owned myself.

I tried it on my 3.0 Generic box and it choked it to death.  I'm 
rebooting it now.  Man, this sucks.

How do I learn more about the operating system at a low level so I can 
better understand and perhaps help rectify problems such as this?

rvb