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I get this in my security postings. Jun [undisclosed time] [undiscl.] login: 2 LOGIN FAILURES ON ttyv2 Jun [undisclosed time] [undiscl.] login: 2 LOGIN FAILURES ON ttyv2, qmaild As it turns out, I'm not running qmail :) And if I did, it would definitely have a nologin shell. But that's beside the point- I have had a perception that ttyv was for local/console logins, and that just "...

...t might be leveraged to obtain elevated privileges in some way. For example, a terminal buffer might include a user-entered password. IV. Workaround There is no known workaround. However, this bug is only exploitable by users who have access to the physical console or can otherwise open a /dev/ttyv* device node. V. Solution Perform one of the following: 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to the RELENG_5_2 security branch dated after the correction date. 2) To patch your present system: The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 5.2 systems. a) Download the relevant pa...

Hi all, please, is there some utility/command/... to list all installed kernel modules ? Peter Rosa

...t might be leveraged to obtain elevated privileges in some way. For example, a terminal buffer might include a user-entered password. IV. Workaround There is no known workaround. However, this bug is only exploitable by users who have access to the physical console or can otherwise open a /dev/ttyv* device node. V. Solution Perform one of the following: 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to the RELENG_5_2 security branch dated after the correction date. 2) To patch your present system: The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 5.2 systems. a) Download the relevant pa...