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Date:      Sun, 7 Nov 1999 21:53:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>
To:        matt <matt@BabCom.ORG>
Cc:        Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: file name with questions - rm on it seg faults!!!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911072152350.46866-100000@green.myip.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911072104340.33335-100000@s01.arpa-canada.net>

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On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, matt wrote:

> 
> 
> This is the same 'bug' that find had w/ the possible exploit via the
> periodic program, correct? I remember this being discussed but did not
> recall seeing it applied to 'rm' .. BTW, Somewhere down the line, the
> original author's email address was lost in the cc's.. Oh well..
> 
> -Matt

That's correct, since they both use fts(3).  I recall that it's still
not fixed; even in OpenBSD's source, it's better than ours getting
crashed, but it's still not fixed properly.

> 
> On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote:
> 
> : Actually, the problem is fts(3) being broken.  Use my little program for
> : this situation over at http://www.freebsd.org/~green/deltree.c
> : 
> : -- 
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 green@FreeBSD.org                    `------------------------------'



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