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Date:      Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:01:24 +0100 (MET)
From:      Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl>
To:        jgreco@solaria.sol.net (Joe Greco)
Cc:        Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, core@freebsd.org, security@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.6+++: crt0.c CRITICAL CHANGE
Message-ID:  <199702051601.RAA16464@gvr.win.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199702051447.IAA11557@solaria.sol.net> from Joe Greco at "Feb 5, 97 08:47:11 am"

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> 
> PERFECT!!!  We have a solution  :-)  (this was the most worrisome security
> hole, the smaller ones like talkd could be "patched" much more easily).
> 
> But could you be a little more vague, please?  Where do I get it from?  :-)
> 
> I don't see it on Freefall...  a DejaNews search doesn't turn anything up...
> Ah.  I see it on the security list archive.
> 
> Jordan: once we have it tested, can we get this posted somewhere and make 
> big blinking neon signs that PEOPLE NEED TO RUN THIS?  I'm gonna compile 
> it up and try it shortly.
> 
> With this, it would be MUCH simpler to release a "security binary kit"
> upgrade to 2.1.X series systems.

There's still one thing to add to lfix: it should call chflags(2) when
it is required.

-Guido



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