[8085] in bugtraq
Re: rpc.mountd vulnerabilities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Brown)
Tue Sep 29 20:18:16 1998
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:13:42 +1200
Reply-To: Alan Brown <alan@MANAWATU.GEN.NZ>
From: Alan Brown <alan@MANAWATU.GEN.NZ>
X-To: "morex .-" <morex@NIRVANA.NET>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980929170256.14749C-100000@warped.nirvana.net>
On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, morex .- wrote:
> I was talking to someone on irc last night after I made my post about the
> mountd exploit and they said they had a exploit that would kill inetd.
> I did not get the stuff but I had him try it on 3 of my linux systems and
> it did work..
Is there any compelling reason why inetd shouldn't have a
non-daemonise switch so that it can be run out of inittab for
systems which have that facility?
AB
