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- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:35:42 -0500
- From: Alex Mottram <alex@NET-CONNECT.NET>
- Subject: Security concerns in linuxconf shipped w/RedHat 5.1
-
- There exists a security / DOS problem with linuxconf-1.11.r11-rh3/i386 as
- upgraded from RedHat's FTP site. No other versions have been tested by me.
- Both the maintainer of linuxconf and RedHat Software were made aware of this
- problem.
-
- [root@machine SRPMS]# rpm -q linuxconf
- linuxconf-1.11r11-rh3
-
- The details of the problem are neither new nor exciting so a very brief
- description follows:
-
- linuxconf creates at least one file in /tmp during/at execution, and
- will blindly follow a symlink from that file. As linuxconf is an admin
- tool, and can/should only be run as root, the possibilities of system
- smashing are multiple.
-
- A version of linuxconf that does not have this problem is available at:
- ftp://ftp.solucorp.qc.ca/pub/linuxconf/devel/redhat-5.1/linuxconf-1.11r19-1.i386.rpm
-
- Thanks to Jacques Gelinas (linuxconf maintainer) for releasing a fixed
- version quickly.
-