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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:28:21 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Spidey <beaupran@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc:        Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>, Chris England <cengland@obscurity.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: From BugTraq - FreeBSD 3.3 xsoldier root exploit (fwd) 
Message-ID:  <199912161828.LAA72864@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:27:15 EST." <14425.12035.757889.422296@anarcat.dyndns.org> 
References:  <14425.12035.757889.422296@anarcat.dyndns.org>  <199912160615.XAA69151@harmony.village.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.991216091552.26813A-100000@fledge.watson.org> 

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In message <14425.12035.757889.422296@anarcat.dyndns.org> Spidey writes:
: The patch fixes the exploit, not the suid bit.

Yes.  I'm starting to think that a blanket policy of not setuid root
games might not be a bad idea.

Warner


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