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Date:      Sun, 10 Aug 1997 10:28:13 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" <jonz@netrail.net>
To:        Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>
Cc:        Brian Mitchell <brian@firehouse.net>, bugtraq@netspace.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: procfs hole
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970810102802.13775C-100000@netrail.net>
In-Reply-To: <199708101351.PAA04930@bitbox.follo.net>

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Jonathan A. Zdziarski                                NetRail Incorporated
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On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Eivind Eklund wrote:

:> 
:> There is a major hole in procfs under FreeBSD 2.2.1 (2.1 is not affected,
:> I have not tested 3.x but I believe it to be vulnerable as well) along
:> with OpenBSD (not tested by me, but by someone else -- believe it was
:> 2.1-RELEASE although obsd doesnt mount procfs by default like freebsd
:> does).
:
:Temporary fix: Disable the /proc filesystem.  Setting ro instead of rw in
:/etc/fstab or chmod'ing on the mountpoint do _not_ work.
:
:Eivind,
:looking for a proper fix, but not expecting to get there before David.
:




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