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Date:      Sun, 3 Aug 1997 16:51:16 +0200
From:      Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk>
To:        "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" <jonz@netrail.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: setuid shutdown?
Message-ID:  <19970803165116.24551@deepo.prosa.dk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970803100305.4197B-100000@netrail.net>; from Jonathan A. Zdziarski on Sun, Aug 03, 1997 at 10:05:45AM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970803100305.4197B-100000@netrail.net>

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Jonathan A. Zdziarski writes:
> 
> Also: I noticed that 2.2.2 installs /usr/bin/perl (4) and a setuid root
> version of it as well (found this out when I noticed that adduser and
> rmuser are perl and not c).  If I'm not mistaken 4 has some major security
> problems with setuid perl, no?

	Fixed in FreeBSD 2.2.1, IIRC -- check the list archives.


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															  -- Phil

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