> V. Solution

> Upgrade your vulnerable system to a supported FreeBSD stable or release / security branch (releng) dated after the correction date, and reboot the system.

Not everyone can just freebsd-update and reboot, so yes, "Oh dear." is a good response to this.

Does this vulnerability not rely on SUID binaries?

IV. Workaround

Accept that everything is broken and terrible and yet somehow find a way to keep a sense of humor and smile about it.

Why? Just update.

I really am starting to think that the level of technical understanding on HN is so low that when readers see an exploit like this, they imagine basically the cult classic movie "Hackers" in their heads where some guy hacks into any machine of their choosing.