Big Fish: OpenBSD Root Exploit Chains a 37-Year-Old BSD Bug With a Kernel Flaw

OpenBSD flaws, including a 37-year-old BSD bug, enable local attackers to bypass security protections and gain root access. Patches are available. Cybersecurity firm Calif published a full exploit and write-up this week for a local privilege escalation on OpenBSD 7.9 that chains two separate kernel flaws, one of them a 37-year-old integer overflow inherited from […]