SheLLniX
27-11-2009, 09:00 AM
CONFidence 2009 presentation regarding recent FreeBSD vulnerabilities
Operating systems’ kernels are affected with the same security
vulnerabilities as userland software:
buffer overflows
format string bugs
race conditions
signedness issues
Most of general purpose operating systems has monolithic kernel
There is no true privilege separation, as in microkernel architecture
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Operating systems’ kernels are affected with the same security
vulnerabilities as userland software:
buffer overflows
format string bugs
race conditions
signedness issues
Most of general purpose operating systems has monolithic kernel
There is no true privilege separation, as in microkernel architecture
Download
**Hidden Content: Check the thread to see hidden data.**