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Re: Corel Linux 1.0 dosemu default configuration: Local root vuln
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Meskes)
Wed Mar  8 03:23:40 2000
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              sarnold@WILLAMETTE.EDU on Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 10:33:51AM -0800
On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 10:33:51AM -0800, Seth R Arnold wrote:
> I tested this on debian's dosemu, Version: 0.98.8-2, (debian woody) and
And more important Debian potato which will be released soon also has the
0.98.8-2 version. The difference is simply that the actual Debian package is
NOT installed setuid. Thus the exploit simply does not work anymore.
Michael
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