From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jan 23 13:20:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA17702 for security-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:20:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from precipice.shockwave.com (precipice.shockwave.com [171.69.108.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA17690 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:20:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.shockwave.com (localhost.shockwave.com [127.0.0.1]) by precipice.shockwave.com (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA02408; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:18:58 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199601232118.NAA02408@precipice.shockwave.com> To: dk+@ua.net cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: rxvt security hole - proposed fix + more In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:00:56 GMT." <199601231300.PAA00906@dog.farm.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:18:58 -0800 From: Paul Traina Sender: owner-security@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk And yes I know rxvt have to be fixed to drop its privileges when using -print-pipe anyway. Correction, rxvt has been fixed to drop its privileges when they're not required (which is when editing utmp).