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- From: luik@isa.de (Andreas Luik)
- Subject: is rdist security patch integrated in Net/2 release?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.162216.1342@isa.de>
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- Organization: ISA Gmbh, Stuttgart, FRG
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:22:16 GMT
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- Sun distributes a security patch for rdist with the following
- description:
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- Patch-ID# 100383-04
- Keywords: security rdist setuid client remote distfile
- Synopsis: SunOS 4.0.3;4.1;4.1.1;4.1.2: rdist security enhancement
- Date: 05-Feb-92
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- SunOS release: 4.0.3, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2
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- Topic: rdist security enhancement
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- Problem Description: /usr/ucb/rdist under some conditions can be forced
- to create setuid root programs thus causing a
- security problem
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- I assume that this bug originates from a BSD release? Is this bug
- fixed in the BSD4.3 Net/2 release? If not, is a patch available?
-
- Thanks,
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- Andreas Luik E-Mail: luik@isa.de
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