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Date:      Sun, 14 Sep 1997 23:04:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Existence is Futile <nonxstnt@not.of.this.world.engelska.se>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why SPERL? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970914230329.15270A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970915062637.22299A-100000@krusty.the.clown.engelska.se>

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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Existence is Futile wrote:

...
> Why does even the latest RELENG (that I've used) include sperl4.036? when
> it's a well known way to get root? it came in handy today when some guy
> couldn't su because he wasnt in the wheel group and couldn't login as root
> any other way (being 45 minutes away). But, it's a serious security flaw!
...

  It has been patched for the last month of so now.

Tom




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