Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 18:23:04 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org> To: mike@sentex.net Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Multiple vendor 'Taylor UUCP' problems. Message-ID: <20010908182304C.jkh@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010908211920.02949008@192.168.0.12> References: <200109082103.f88L3fK29117@earth.backplane.com> <20010908181652H.jkh@freebsd.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20010908211920.02949008@192.168.0.12>
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I fail to see the cited evidence I'm asking for. Hand-waving I can have for free. - Jordan From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Subject: Re: Fwd: Multiple vendor 'Taylor UUCP' problems. Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 21:20:53 -0400 > At 06:16 PM 9/8/2001 -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > >Hmmmm. Stripping the suid bit I can understand, but what's really > >bought by making it immutable? I'm also truly loath to accept any > >changes to -stable at this point which don't fix demonstrably critical > >issues, so unless the security officers can cite evidence that this is > >a significant security hole, I'm inclined to reject the change. > >Thanks. > > A local root exploit doesnt cut it ? > > ---Mike > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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