Re: [Corrected message] This OpenBSD local root hole may affect some FreeBSD systems

From: Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org)
Date: 04/12/02 

Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:58:03 -0600
To: Przemyslaw Frasunek <venglin@freebsd.lublin.pl>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>

At 11:46 PM 4/11/2002, Przemyslaw Frasunek wrote:

>FreeBSD's /usr/bin/mail doesn't accept ~! when working in non-interactive
>mode.

That's good to know! It looks as if NetBSD and Darwin have this feature
as well. But SunOS 5.8 doesn't (at least according to the docs at
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mail&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=SunOS+5.8&format=html
so Solaris may be vulnerable.

--Brett

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