Vigil@nce - FreeBSD: use after free via posix_openpt

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Vigil@nce - FreeBSD: use after free via posix_openpt This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer... An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via posix_openpt() of FreeBSD, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.

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