Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 04:55:51 +0100 From: void <float@firedrake.org> To: void <float@firedrake.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: security bug in /etc/rc in -STABLE? Message-ID: <20020617035551.GB18088@parhelion.firedrake.org> In-Reply-To: <20020613161739.GA25926@parhelion.firedrake.org> References: <20020613161739.GA25926@parhelion.firedrake.org>
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On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 05:17:39PM +0100, void wrote:
>
> # Remove X lock files, since they will prevent you from restarting X11
> # after a system crash.
> #
> -rm -f /tmp/.X*-lock /tmp/.X11-unix/*
> +rm -f /tmp/.X*-lock
> +rm -fr /tmp/.X11-unix
>
> Aren't both the old and new versions vulnerable to symlink attacks?
No. From rm(1):
The rm utility removes symbolic links, not the files referenced by
the links.
--
Ben
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I created this to be ..." -- Sun Ra
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