From owner-freebsd-ports  Wed Dec 15 20:13:21 1999
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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:13:25 -0500 (EST)
To: Ade Lovett <ade@lovett.com>
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Subject: Re: Fwd: FreeBSD 3.3 xsoldier root exploit
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Darn.. the guy contacted you?

I thought that there were no modifications made to the port by looking
at
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?type=changed&time=24+month+ago&sektion=games

guess I don't look at the good place.

Thanks a lot.

--- Big Brother told Ade Lovett to write, at 22:03 of December 15:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 10:54:09PM -0500, Spidey wrote:
> > 
> > Hi. Some buddy here thought it to be a good idea to scrap FBSD's
> > reputation on Bugtraq, and it's going well.
> > 
> > It's not the first time he posts about an exploit on a program part of
> > the ports...
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > For now, it would be a _great_ idea to scrap the setuid bit on that
> > darn xsoldier. :)
> 
> It was - earlier this evening:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/games/xsoldier/patches/patch-ac
> 
> -aDe
> 
> -- 
> Ade Lovett, Austin, TX.

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C'est que l'adage pretend que pour croire,
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