Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 02:21:41 +0100 From: mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk (Mark Valentine) To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat exploit Message-ID: <199809110121.CAA04444@thuvia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Jared Mauch's message of Sep 10, 5:19pm
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> From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net> > Date: Thu 10 Sep, 1998 > Subject: Re: cat exploit > What you really need to do is using a modern file(1), or > more specifically file with a modern magic(5) file, you can determine > the best way to view it. file(1) isn't safe, e.g. try it on a file which starts: #! ^E (Replace ^E with a real control char.) Mark. -- Mark Valentine at Home <mark@thuvia.org> http://www.thuvia.org/mark/ "I'll be mellow when I'm DEAD." Mark Valentine uses and endorses FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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