[507] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: Avalon Release
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thierry Baron)
Fri Dec 8 13:40:14 1995
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 11:52:06 -0500
From: Thierry Baron <baron@cim.mcgill.ca>
To: mcpheea@cadvision.com
CC: linux-alert@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
[mod: redirected to linux-security and quoting trimmed --okir]
root wrote:
> Affected Program: splitvt(1)
>
> Affected Operating Systems: Linux 2-3.X
>
> Exploitation Result: Local users can obtain superuser privelages.
[...]
chmod u-s /usr/bin/splitvt
avoid this potential problem
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