[3679] in bugtraq
Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86 Makefile (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Karpen)
Mon Nov 25 11:03:48 1996
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 02:40:07 -0500
Reply-To: Simon Karpen <slk@karpes.stu.rpi.edu>
From: Simon Karpen <slk@karpes.stu.rpi.edu>
X-To: Marc Slemko <marcs@alive.ampr.ab.ca>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
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It appears that Redhat Linux 4.0 is also affected by this.
I'd guess that many X86 Unix variants are also affected.
Solution: the obvious, remove the setuid bit
Simon Karpen
karpes@rpi.edu, slk@acm.rpi.edu, slk@karpes.stu.rpi.edu
"I'm not paranoid, it's just that everybody's out to get me."
--Linus Torvalds
