Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 07:36:50 -0800 (PST) From: "Mark Smith" <msmith@comtch.iea.com> To: coredump@nervosa.com (invalid opcode) Cc: taob@io.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suspicious symlinks in /tmp Message-ID: <199602261536.PAA11711@comtch.iea.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960225232736.9963D-100000@nervosa.com> from "invalid opcode" at Feb 25, 96 11:28:07 pm
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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. > Possibly, I didn't make my self clear. Is this race condition possible under FreeBSD 2.1R ? Mark
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