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-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml5
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 7a7c85c..766fb71 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -884,6 +884,11 @@
user's UID before attempting to unlink the authentication
forwarding file, nullifying the effects of a race.</para>
+ <para>A flaw allowed some signal handlers to remain in effect in a
+ child process after being exec-ed from its parent. This allowed
+ an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a setuid
+ binary. This flaw has been corrected (see security advisory
+ FreeBSD-SA-01:42). &merged;</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Userland Changes</title>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 7a7c85c..766fb71 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -884,6 +884,11 @@
user's UID before attempting to unlink the authentication
forwarding file, nullifying the effects of a race.</para>
+ <para>A flaw allowed some signal handlers to remain in effect in a
+ child process after being exec-ed from its parent. This allowed
+ an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a setuid
+ binary. This flaw has been corrected (see security advisory
+ FreeBSD-SA-01:42). &merged;</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Userland Changes</title>
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