[2783] in bugtraq
Re: Publically writable directories
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Koenig)
Mon Jun 24 02:26:39 1996
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:17:43 +0200
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
From: Thomas Koenig <ig25@mvmampc66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <199606191846.LAA23692@california.sandia.gov> from Jim Hutchins
at "Jun 19, 96 11:46:33 am"
Jim Hutchins wrote:
>So for most platforms, it looks like doing an open with O_EXCL is safe,
>though I believe my original statement is still true - "the absolute
>answer is no, you cannot avoid a race condition on ALL platforms."
If somebody's compiling a list: HP-UX 9.0.5 does follow symbolic
links, and thus is vulnerable.
Has anybody written an autoconf macro to check for this kind of thing
yet?
--
Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet.
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
logarithmic diagram.
