From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 17:55:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FE02106564A for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:55:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1-6.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51FE28FC0C for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:f025:8813:7603:7e4a] (saphire3.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:4:f025:8813:7603:7e4a]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBNHtYbb025228; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:55:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-ID: <4EF4C08A.3080609@sentex.net> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:55:22 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa Organization: Sentex Communications User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith References: <4EF4A75C.2040609@my.gd> <4EF4B2D6.5090206@sentex.net> <4EF4B982.3070207@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <4EF4B982.3070207@missouri.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:1::12 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:55:37 -0000 On 12/23/2011 12:25 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > It is this chroot issue that bothers me. From my reading of the ftpd > man page, if I have anonymous ftp to my server, it seems that I am using > chroot with ftpd, and there is no way to stop this happening. > > Am I correct, or have I missed something? (I am hoping I missed > something.) Depends what they can write to and upload. The thread starts here http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-November/006085.html that discusses it in more detail ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/