Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 08:50:01 PST From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BoS: Exploit for sendmail smtpd bug (ver. 8.7-8.8.2). Message-ID: <96Nov18.085003pst.177557@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 17 Nov 1996 19:35:04 PST." <199611180335.OAA17231@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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In message <199611180335.OAA17231@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>you write:
>...if it were possible to be non-root and bind to port 25...
It is, of course, possible to run as root for *just long enough* to bind to
port 25. Then setuid("smtp").
Bill
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