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Re: Security Problem ftpd (includes wu.ftpd 2.4 and 2.4.2 beta 4)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Fitzhardinge)
Thu Jul 13 10:27:00 1995

Date:         Thu, 13 Jul 1995 18:44:41 +1000
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@CRIMELAB.COM>
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@sour.sw.oz.au>
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In-Reply-To:  <9507121959.AA1119@worldcom-18.worldcom.com> from "Dan Thorson"
              at Jul 12, 95 12:49:05 pm

> Am I correct in stating that this problem only occurs on SVR4 based unix's
> [where /proc exists]?  Or would, say, SunOS 4.1.x be affected?

This affect's Linux's /proc, but may well be an issue with SVR4's /dev/fd
directory.  While this doesn't exist by default on SunOS 4, there is a
commonly available kernel driver to implement it.

        J

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