[8731] in bugtraq
Re: wordperfect 8 for linux security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dug Song)
Sat Dec 19 00:51:38 1998
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 00:15:11 -0500
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
From: Dug Song <dugsong@MONKEY.ORG>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <19981218114745.A15661@trillian.adap.org>
On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Edsel Adap wrote:
> When wordperfect 8 is installed it creates a /tmp/wpc-<hostname>
> directory with permissions 777. And all files inside of it are mode
> 666. And when these files are created, symlinks are followed.
if you're running OpenBSD, this is already fixed and in the ports tree:
/usr/ports/editors/wordperfect
everyone else can just set $TMPDIR before running the install script...
-d.
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