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Re: Vunerability in HP sysdiag ?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shaun Lowry)
Wed Sep 25 13:59:20 1996

Date: 	Wed, 25 Sep 1996 09:15:24 +0100
Reply-To: Shaun Lowry <s.lowry@march.co.uk>
From: Shaun Lowry <shaunl@march.co.uk>
X-To:         jjacobi@pop500.gsfc.nasa.gov
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
In-Reply-To:  <3244E32A.6093@pop500.gsfc.nasa.gov> from "John W. Jacobi" at Sep
              21, 96 11:56:42 pm

>Hi all,
>
>If this is out, I apologize.
>
>Subject: Vunerability in HP sysdiag ???
>
>Program and Systems that I did this on:
>        The sysdiag program on
>           HP 9000/700/HPUX9.05 (has PHSS_7587)
>           HP 9000/800/HPUX9.04 (not sure of patch regarding diags)

Also confirmed on

        HP-UX viper B.10.10 A 9000/712 2003117870

>To Prevent:
>        For now, turn off the set uid on the programs involved.

Does anyone know of a valid reason why normal users should be allowed to
use sysdiag anyway?

        Shaun.

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