From owner-freebsd-security Mon Feb 15 09:30:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA03879 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:30:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA03874 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:30:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA09832; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:29:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:29:28 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199902151729.MAA09832@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Security bug in getpwent? In-Reply-To: <199902142010.XAA01375@shuttle.svib.ru> References: <199902142010.XAA01375@shuttle.svib.ru> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < said: > I've just noticed that getpwent, returning * as password, doesn't set > _PWF_PASS in pw_fields, allowing anyone logged in locally to find all > non-passworded accounts and leaving absolutely no traces. Don't do that, then. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message