Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 14 May 1997 14:02:32 -0400
From:      Travis Mikalson <bofh@terranova.net>
To:        Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /usr/sbin/wall is suid root.
Message-ID:  <3379FE38.4F0@TerraNova.net>
References:  <Pine.SUN.3.95.970513145202.9656A-100000@garcia.efn.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Jonathan Mini wrote:
> 
>   Personally, I think that being able to transmit an abatrary string of
> characters to every user's console on the system is a bit of a security
> hole. ANSI keyboard reassignments come to mind.

On my system, running 2.2-STABLE, /usr/bin/wall is setgid tty..
-r-xr-sr-x   1 bin      tty         12288 Apr 16 06:05 /usr/bin/wall

What version are you running where wall is in /usr/sbin and is setuid
root?

Travis
-- 
-=--==--===---====----======------=======-------
TerraNovaNet Internet Services - Key Largo, FL
Voice: (305)453-4011
Fax: (305)451-5991
http://www.TerraNova.net
-------=======------======----====---===--==--=-
Always remember that you are unique.
Just like everyone else.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3379FE38.4F0>