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Date:      Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:10:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/32791: FreeBSD's man(1) utility vulnerable to old catman attacks
Message-ID:  <200112131610.fBDGA3A16215@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/32791; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: "Tim J. Robbins" <tim@robbins.dropbear.id.au>,
	security@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/32791: FreeBSD's man(1) utility vulnerable to old catman attacks
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:07:13 +0300

 On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 15:38:04 +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
 
 > The below patch doesn't allow man(1) to use its SUID powers
 > when the catpage's directory is accessed via symlink.
 
 It breaks private cat pages (symlink check must not present for them)
 
 -- 
 Andrey A. Chernov
 http://ache.pp.ru/

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