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isolate -- local root exploit

Affected packages
isolate < 20100717

Details

VuXML ID b74a8076-9b1f-11df-9f58-021e8c343e76
Discovery 2010-07-29
Entry 2010-08-13

Isolate currently suffers from some bad security bugs! These are local root privilege escalation bugs. Thanks to the helpful person who reported them (email Chris if you want credit!). We're working to fix them ASAP, but until then, isolate is unsafe and you should uninstall it. Sorry!

References

FreeBSD PR ports/148911
URL http://code.google.com/p/isolate/