Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 23:28:07 -0800 (PST) From: invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com> To: Mark Smith <msmith@comtch.iea.com> Cc: taob@io.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suspicious symlinks in /tmp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960225232736.9963D-100000@nervosa.com> In-Reply-To: <199602260456.EAA07774@comtch.iea.com>
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On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Mark Smith wrote: > > Looks like someone is trying to exploit a race condition in order to grab > > the password file. > > Will this attack work under FreeBSD 2.1R ? > Mark A race condition attack will work under any OS when a race condition is possible. == Chris Layne ============================================================== == coredump@nervosa.com ================= http://www.nervosa.com/~coredump ==
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