Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 09:50:05 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-lib@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdtime localtime.c Message-ID: <199703241450.JAA13490@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199703240609.WAA00671@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199703240609.WAA00671@freefall.freebsd.org>
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<<On Sun, 23 Mar 1997 22:09:55 -0800 (PST), Warner Losh <imp@freefall.freebsd.org> said: > imp 97/03/23 22:09:53 > Modified: lib/libc/stdtime localtime.c > Log: > Don't open the tz file if we're running setuid or setgid to prevent infomration > leakage. Um, from this description, this sounds like the most incredibly idiotic idea I've ever heard... You've completely broken localtime() for set[ug]id executables. Sorry if that sounds too harsh, but I don't see it as an advance. -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
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