Re: local root exploit

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R P Herrold wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, kfx wrote:

The official patch for debian is out since a couple of hours...
Why does it take so long for RHEL ? Just a question, not a troll or something.

1. ask them
it was a question, not a troll (bis).

2. there have been reports of stability problems with the patch
you mean that adding a validation of users input in a code lead to stability problem ?

-- it does little good to rush out a fix for a non-remote root exploit that causes boxes to crash. One assumes some robustness testing is in play. I certainly hope so.

-- Russ herrold

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