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From: Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk>
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To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Opinion on checking return value of setuid(getuid())?
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Den 01/10/2012 kl. 13.08 skrev Konstantin Belousov =
<kostikbel@gmail.com>:
>=20
> I do not believe in the dreadful 'flood ping' security breach. Is a
> local escalation possible with non-dropped root ?

No idea. Reading the code, I see some functionality the author decided =
should only be accessible to root users. There's 600 lines of code left =
in main() and I'm not skilled enough to see if there are any potential =
exploits left.

If it's not a security breach then I'm on the wrong list, but I guess it =
still leads to unintended behavior if setuid() fails?

Erik=