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

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Barman)
Thu Jul 13 14:07:29 1995

Date:         Thu, 13 Jul 1995 10:47:23 -0400
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From: Scott Barman <scott@Disclosure.COM>
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On Wed, 12 Jul 1995, Dan Thorson wrote:

> 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?

It seems to only apply to Linux.  The descriptions I've read do not
conform to Solaris 2 or any other commerical System V-based OS I've
seen (NCR, for example).

No, this problem does not affect SunOS 4.1.x.

scott barman
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