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[linux-security] WARNING: libc/ruserok security hole (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
Mon Apr 22 06:38:31 1996

From: ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:38:02 +0200
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Reply-To: Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960421150624.16639A-100000@blackhole.blackfire.com>

Ouch.  Apparently, /etc/hosts.equiv is also insecure.

[Mod: Attached forward of Joel Maslak's post trimmed off.  --Jeff.]

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