*remote* root? [was Re: rawhide report: 20080211 changes]

[Jon Stanley]

On Feb 11, 2008 2:49 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:

> Is this just being overly cautious, or is there something you know that we
> should be even more worried about?

I suspect overly cautious/misinformed, because there is a possibility
of there being some other vulnerability would allow remote code
execution to be able to exploit this local exploit.

Not sure what the exact reason for having a panic attack is, though.