Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:13:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jerry Bell" <jerry@syslog.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RedHat: Buffer Overflow in 'ls' and 'mkdir' Message-ID: <3744.24.98.86.57.1098677603.squirrel@24.98.86.57> In-Reply-To: <pan.2004.10.24.22.35.11.206965@grimstveit.no> References: <200410242157.i9OLvRtV011244@2ens11.uta.edu> <pan.2004.10.24.22.35.11.206965@grimstveit.no>
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A healthy bit of skepticism goes a long way. I choked on the first sentence: "Redhat found a vulnerability in fileutils (ls and mkdir), that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges." The word "remote" stands out like a sore thumb to me. Jerry http://www.syslog.org
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