A quick FYI for FreeBSD users, and system administrators providing multi-user localized access in particular. A FreeBSD Security Team member has issued an important security patch to resolve a potentially critical "local root" exploit.

Mailing list message and patch link here:

FreeBSD Mail Archives - Upcoming FreeBSD Security Advisory

Related information:

Patch time for FreeBSD users as Zero-Day exploit is published | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com