Re: FWD: [RHSA-2000:108-02] Updated modutils fixing local root

[Keith Owens]

On Sat, 27 May 2001 21:11:25, 
[e-mail] (Joseph S Price) wrote:
>                   Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
>Synopsis:          Updated modutils fixing local root security bug available
>Advisory ID:       RHSA-2000:108-02
>Issue date:        2000-11-16
>Updated on:        2000-11-16
>Product:           Red Hat Linux
>Keywords:          modutils root exploit security

What is the point of sending a 6 month old security report to
linux-kernel?  That exploit was fixed a couple of days after it was
reported.