From owner-freebsd-security Fri Oct 16 23:17:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA02911 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 23:17:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cheops.anu.edu.au (cheops.anu.edu.au [150.203.224.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA02905 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 23:16:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au) Message-Id: <199810170616.XAA02905@hub.freebsd.org> Received: by cheops.anu.edu.au (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA152684986; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 16:16:26 +1000 From: Darren Reed Subject: Re: X allows ordinary user to read first line of any file To: andrew@squiz.co.nz Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 16:16:26 +1000 (EST) Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Andrew McNaughton" at Oct 16, 98 06:08:02 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In some mail from Andrew McNaughton, sie said: > > > found this on http://www.hoobie.net/security/exploits/ > > joeuser@host$ X -config /etc/master.passwd > Unrecognized option: root:yd0Rj.v.r1wKA:0:0::0:0:Charlie > use: X [:] [option] which X11 is this ? Xfree86 ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message