Re: XFree86 3.1.2 Security Problems

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Anthony C. Zboralski writes:
> Maybe someone could take a look at the server sources so it does a
> system("/bin/rm /tmp/.tX0-lock") just before it a write to the file..

That doesn't fix it since it leaves a race condition that could be
exploited using something like ...

        while(stat(TmpFile, &fileinfo) == 0)
                ;
        symlink(TargetFile, TmpFile);
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