Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 21:13:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CERT FreeBSD ppp Advisory--Distribution? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960712210720.647G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960711181650.22566A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Annelise Anderson wrote: > CERT has distributed an advisory on a security problem with user ppp, > information provided by FreeBSD, Inc. Although I'm subscribed to the > USENET group comp.security.announce (and it's there), I actually heard > about it from my system administrator. If anyone is interested, you can view the bulletin at the following URL: ftp://info.cert.org/pub/cert_advisories/cert_bulletins/VB-96.11.freebsd Basically take the suid bit off of ijppp until you patch it. This requires the superuser to set up connections. > I would think such information ought to be available rather widely to > people subscribed to various freebsd mailing lists, not just security, > and should be on the freebsd home page as well. The mailing list suggested would be the best stop for security information. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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