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 > : > : -- > : Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / > : green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' > : > : > : > : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > : with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > : > > -- > "If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians > would come out of the...the gene pool, they'd a stayed up in the trees > and written evolution off as a bad idea. Hell, I always thought the > opposable thumb was overrated." > -Sheridan, "A Distant Star" > > -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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