Bryan Steele :flan_beard: on Nostr: A lot of hubbub over remote a crash, a DoS, not a privesc or RCE. #OpenBSD never ...
A lot of hubbub over remote a crash, a DoS, not a privesc or RCE.
#OpenBSD never claimed to have zero remote crashes. The goal has always been to minimize attack surface, and mitigate the impact of attacks.
I believe it's worth pointing out the errata was out for 7.7/7.8 almost ~3 weeks ago, and users had a patch ~90 minutes after it was committed.
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