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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:45:37 -0400
From: Stephan Uphoff <ups@tree.com>
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Subject: Re: Re99: how to flush out cache.? 
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Julian Elischer wrote:
> with this bug could a user zero out /etc/group or similar?
> I am not sure what the ramification of the bug is..

The bug affects only in memory modified file data.

In memory modifications to the file can be deleted
and the file data reverts to a state before the
file modification. (Not unlike a crash/power failure )

The worst security scenario I can think of is the possibility
to revert a file to uninitialized disk data blocks or to
prevent the update of a file.

	Stephan