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Re: IRIX /usr/lib/print/netprint local root symbols exploit.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Atro Tossavainen)
Fri Apr 27 20:33:11 2001

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Date:         Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:48:25 +0300
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From: Atro Tossavainen <atossava@CC.HELSINKI.FI>
X-To:         Dale Southard <southard1@LLNL.GOV>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
In-Reply-To:  <ub6bspj6zy8.fsf@zonker.llnl.gov> from Dale Southard at "Apr 26,
              2001 03:47:27 pm"

Dale,

> I tested the exploit against a current IRIX release (6.5.11) and found
> it not to be vulnerable.

How exactly did you find 6.5.11 not to be vulnerable?

I tried the sploit on 6.5.10 and didn't get root. It complained about
the lack of the ListAllPrinters symbol.

Add the symbol in the sploit code, recompile, try again. 6.5.10 is
vulnerable, is 6.5.11?

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