There exists a vulnerability within a architecture dependent function of the FreeBSD kernel (FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE through FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE), which when properly exploited can lead to local compromise of the vulnerable system. This vulnerability was fixed in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, but production (legacy) releases 5.2 through 5.5 are still vulnerable.
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