On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 04:46:26PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > This means everyone should have our latest patches installed.
[...] > *Solution/Vendor Information/Workaround* > > The OpenBSD team has released a "security fix" to correct the mbuf > problem, it is available as a source code patch for OpenBSD 4.0 > and 3.9 here: > > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.0/common/010_m_dup1.patch > > The patch can also be applied to previous versions of OpenBSD. Is it possible to fix OpenBSD 4.0 system without compiling anything, by e. g. somehow rewriting the file that contains the kernel? I have never compiled OpenBSD, ports etc. and don't have time to study all the theory around OpenBSD - I am sure if I attempt to recompile my system, I could easily screw it up completely. CL<
